What we say and what we do
The outspoken leader of the Green’s Party in Australia, Dr Bob Brown, has one of the highest carbon footprints of any federal MPs. His carbon footprint is twice as high as Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Labour environment spokesperson Peter Garret. It is true that he has further to travel from Tasmania when they both live in Sydney which is closer to Canberra but he has not made any efforts to reduce this footprint. These figures were compiled by the NSW Business Chamber and published in the Sunday Telegraph. They show that Brown emits 23.44 tonnes of CO2e a year in air and car travel. In contrast, Turnbull’s annual emissions totalled 8.7 tonnes and Garrett 11.7 tonnes.
We can all take steps to minimise our carbon foot print. At Enviro Action we give part of every sale to Trees for Life to plant indigenous trees in South Australia and when I fly to work with clients offline, I give more to cover those aircraft emissions. Granted this is far from an exact calculation but I am making a considerable effort to both minimize and to compensate for my carbon outputs. This need to balance carbon does not apply to the Greens apparently.
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