Let's create a better planet for our children
Carbon neutral family subscription
A family subscription to prevent climate change
The easiest way to plant trees and offset your family's carbon footprint
Plant trees
Reduce CO2 emissions
Personalised certificate
Huge climate impact
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How it works
Tell us about your family
We only need your names to put on your personalised certificate
No complicated footprint calculators
We use the UK average carbon footprint for each member of your family
Plant native trees
Every month we plant trees to create long-term climate impact
Fund climate solutions
We remove CO2 equal to your footprint by supporting immediate climate projects
Updates on your climate impact
We regularly send you updates on the climate impact you've achieved
Live with a free climate consciousness
No more guilt that you're contributing to climate change
What our members say
"Easy sign up process and regular emails letting me know how the small amount I give each month is helping"
- Edward, Liverpool
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Cleared my conscience
"I've now cleared my conscience and created good Karma for me and the planet. It was so easy and quick to sign up. I would pay more for a tv license if I watched tv!"
- Klara, London
A better planet for our children
"I can't believe I didn't know about ZeroSmart before and how easy it is to make a difference on our environment"
- Oliver, Nottingham
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Your climate impact in detail
1) Plant trees
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2) Fund solutions
3) Create impact
1. You plant native tree species
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Every month we will plant native tree species, such as in our reforestation areas in Madagascar.
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Our tree planting and forest protection projects provide fair-wage employment for local people and ensure environmental impact long after planting.
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Planting trees provides multiple environmental and social benefits, such as absorbing CO2, helping wildlife and biodiversity, and protecting against coastal erosion and natural disasters.
Locals planting mangroves at our tree planting site in Indonesia
Sir David Attenborough with a bird of paradise, typically found in our protected forest area in Papua New Guinea © BBC
2. You fund verified climate solutions
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Your membership funds verified carbon-offsetting projects which immediately remove or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Examples of climate solutions include supplying cleaner-burning cookstoves that reduce deforestation for firewood, such as our Cookstoves project in Eritrea, or financing a renewable energy plant to displace fossil fuels on the power grid, such as our Hydropower project in Uganda.
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These projects are verified and monitored by the world's most trustworthy organisations such as Gold Standard, Verra, and UNFCC.
Every ZeroSmart project supports the UN's Sustainability Development Goals and provides social benefits such as fair-wage jobs, clean water, and clean energy.
3. Create environmental and social impact
When you sign up with ZeroSmart you will:
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Plant 9 trees every month
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Support climate projects which make a real difference, and receive updates when we introduce a new project
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Offset CO2 equal to your family's carbon footprint
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Receive a personalised certificate officially recognising your positive impact
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Create verified environmental and social impact
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Protect endangered species from extinction by preserving natural habitats such as forests, wetlands, and oceans.
Children whose well-being our project in Papua New Guinea supports
We partner with the best in climate action
Projects
Turning landfill methane into renewable and affordable energy
Frequently asked questions
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How many trees will we be planting?
With ZeroSmart's Family Plan, we are committed to planting trees every month to support reforestation efforts globally. Each month, we plant 9 native tree species. Annually, this adds up to 108 trees planted on behalf of your family. This initiative not only helps absorb CO2 but also promotes biodiversity and supports local communities through fair-wage employment in reforestation projects.
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How do you calculate our carbon footprints?
We calculate your family's carbon footprint using widely accepted standards and the highest available figures provided by the UK government. This comprehensive approach takes into account the emissions typically generated by 2 adults, 2 children, and one pet over a year. It includes factors such as energy usage, transportation, and daily activities that contribute to carbon emissions.
Carbon footprint measurements can vary significantly, ranging from around 4 tonnes to 8 tonnes of CO2 per adult annually. We use the higher end of these measurements to ensure thoroughness, encompassing all aspects of emissions activity, including indirect impacts like emissions from buying stuff from abroad. This ensures that our calculations accurately reflect your family's total carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions.
To break down how we arrive at offsetting 25 tonnes of CO2e per year through our Family Plan:
2 adults: 8 tonnes each = 16 tonnes
2 children: 4 tonnes each = 8 tonnes
1 pet: 1 tonne
By offsetting 25 tonnes of CO2e per year through our Family Plan, we help your family achieve carbon neutrality and make a positive impact on the environment.
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How do you offset our carbon footprints?
To make you carbon neutral and offset 100% of your carbon footprints, we use a mixed strategy: we plant trees to create long-term climate impact and we also remove carbon directly and immediately by supporting climate projects.
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Where can I find out more about the projects you support?
We only fund the most trustworthy, fully-accredited, climate positive projects. We primarily work with organisations like the Eden Reforestation Projects and Gold Standard to plant trees and remove carbon emissions from our atmosphere.
Unlike some other services, we only work with voluntary emissions removal. This means we do not fund projects that remove emissions that would have been removed anyway, such as when governments have made it compulsory. We do not just fund the cheapest possible projects, we ensure that our projects pay fair wages to all involved at every step of the process.
Read more about the projects your subscriptions will support here.
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What does carbon neutral mean?
Carbon Neutral means that a person does not actively contribute carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
You can think of it like a seesaw - on one side you have how much carbon you produce and on the other side is how much carbon you remove from the atmosphere. When the seesaw is perfectly balanced and both sides are equal, that would be ‘carbon neutral’.
The amount of carbon we produce comes from almost everything we do. The food we eat, the ways we travel, the products we buy. Becoming carbon neutral is usually incredibly difficult. You can partially reduce your emissions by switching to veganism, recycling, or travelling using sustainable method. Signing up for a ZeroSmart plan enables to you further reduce your carbon footprint to zero.
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What is carbon offsetting?
Carbon offsetting means that you prevent or remove an equivalent amount (or more!) of greenhouse gas emissions than you create. Carbon offsetting is the quickest and most effective way to reduce your carbon footprint and to become carbon neutral.
For example, if you contribute the average UK amount of 8 tonnes of CO2 per year, you would need to plant 6,780 trees each year to remove those 8 tonnes of CO2. That tree planting activity to remove the CO2 would be ‘offsetting’.
Offsetting can take many forms. Popular methods include planting trees, switching to more environmentally friendly energy sources (such as wind farms), gas capture, methane abatement, and improving energy efficiency (such as improving insulation). ZeroSmart supports a variety of different offsetting projects to ensure both short and long-term climate impact.
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How does planting trees help reduce my carbon footprint?
Trees are natural 'carbon sinks'. This means that trees are great at taking CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it in their trunks, leaves, roots, and the surrounding soil itself. CO2 can be locked up this way for a long time. By planting trees we can take carbon from the atmosphere and store it securely in places where it doesn't contribute towards climate change.
We also don't entirely rely on tree planting for the reduction of your carbon footprint. In fact, the majority of the 'offsetting' is done by supporting climate projects.
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How can you prove my impact?
If you have signed up to our email list you will receive regular updates on what impact you have had. You can find out accurate and up-to-date information about each project we support in their corresponding pages. Every photo used on a project page is from the actual project location.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at contact@zerosmart.co.uk.
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How much does a ZeroSmart plan cost?
The ZeroSmart Family Plan is priced at £28.20 per month for a standard family consisting of 2 adults, 2 children, and 1 pet. This subscription includes the planting of 9 trees per month and offsets just over 2 tonnes of CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent) emissions monthly. Annually, this adds up to 108 trees and 25 tonnes of CO2e.
In addition to reducing your family's carbon footprint, subscribing to our Family Plan brings numerous environmental and social benefits. Your support helps fund climate projects that mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, promote biodiversity through tree planting initiatives, and provide essential social benefits such as fair-wage employment and community development.
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How can I cancel my subscription plan?
You can cancel your subscription plan any time by emailing contact@zerosmart.co.uk. Please allow up to 2 weeks before your next payment date to ensure that another payment doesn't come out.