Just a heads up, OP; Carbon Offsets are extremely ineffective, and are pretty much just green washing. What counts as an offset is completely unregulated, and much of it is just kinda made up.
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Noted, thanks. Happy to remove the post if there's consensus about the ineffectiveness.
There's quite a lot of reputable people that showcase how they are ineffective, or in the case of this video, even suggests that the way they are structured would actually accelerate global warming.