Mango Airlines Carbon Offset Program

Mango Airlines Carbon Offset
Mango Airlines Carbon Offset

Mango Airlines have created a carbon offset program for its passengers which squares up to a problem faced by almost three billion people in the developing world.

The 2010 Global Burden of Disease Study estimates that four million premature deaths occur every year from smoke exposure from cooking food or heating homes using traditional cookstoves or open fires. Women and children are the most affected.

Mango Airlines Carbon Offset

This Ghanian project uses an insulated and efficient cookstove developed for families in West Africa. The Gyapa charcoal-burning stove cooks food more quickly, requires fifty percent less fuel and produces less smoke. So it not only cuts carbon emissions but also improves health by reducing exposure to toxic fumes. Less fuel means more money to go around and importantly, protects Ghana’s dwindling forests from some of the highest deforestation rates in Africa.

The project also creates jobs and develops skills. The liners and claddings are made by a small group of accredited locals who have been trained specially and the marketing and distribution of the stoves are supported through a wide network of nationwide retailers. Its credits have been endorsed by the prodigious Gold Standard, global benchmark for the highest integrity and greatest impact in climate and development initiatives.

You can offset your flights using the Mango Airlines Carbon Offset Program when you book online.

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