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Our climate solution subscriptions
Choose your plan:
Most popular
Carbon Neutral Plan
£9 per month
The perfect sized plan for an average British citizen
3 trees planted every month
100% of your carbon footprint reduced
Biggest impact
Climate Positive Plan
£27 per month
Perfect for frequent flyers or those who want to contribute more
9 trees planted every month
3x impact. 3 carbon footprints reduced
1 footprint = 8 tonnes of CO2. We will reduce or remove 1 or 3 footprints worth of CO2 during each year of subscription
How it works
Sign up with ZeroSmart
Choose between our Carbon Neutral or Climate Positive plans
We calculate your carbon footprint
We use the UK average so there's no need for complex calculations
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 to 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 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 carbon footprint making you carbon neutral
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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 I be planting?
Every month you will fund the planting of 3 trees if you chose the Carbon Neutral plan, or 9 trees if you chose the Climate Positive plan.
Read more about our tree planting project in Madagascar.
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How do you calculate my carbon footprint?
We have used a mix of scientific sources to estimate an average carbon footprint for UK adults. We use the figure of 8 tonnes of CO2 per adult per year.
Carbon footprint measurements vary from around 4 tonnes of CO2 per person to 8 tonnes of CO2 per person. This is because different organisations measure emissions in different ways and some measurement methods do not take into account the wider impact of activity involved, such as how cutting down forests for wood leads to a larger carbon footprint as less carbon is being ‘sequestered’.
We use the highest available figures. We use this higher measurement because it takes into account every known aspect of emissions activity. This helps us to ensure that you are offsetting enough to be carbon neutral.
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How do you offset my carbon footprint?
To make you carbon neutral and offset 100% of your carbon footprint, 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 is a person who doesn't 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 methods. Signing up for a ZeroSmart plan enables to you 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
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.
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How can you prove my impact?
Every quarter we publish certificates of how many tonnes of CO2 we have offset. We also publish the receipts and certificates from our tree planting activity so you can see exactly how many trees we have planted for you. If you have signed up to our email list you will also receive 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?
You can choose between two subscription plans:
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Carbon Neutral - £9 per month
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Climate Positive - £27 per month
The Carbon Neutral plan removes 100% of your carbon footprint and plans 4 trees every month.
The Climate Positive plan achieves three times the value of the Carbon Neutral plan - you offset 3 carbon footprints and plant 9 trees every month.
We also offer family subscriptions if you want to include your partner, children and/or pets.
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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.