[Coral-List] ICRS carbon

[Douglas Fenner]

Thank you very much, Luiz!!  That is spot on true.  And great idea about
carbon offsets for the travelers.  I think actually that the cost of carbon
offset should be built in to the cost of all plane tickets.

Cheers,  Doug

On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 4:24 AM Luiz Rocha via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> The lowest carbon cost of an ICRS is no ICRS at all. Alternatively, we
> could accept that lifestyle changes won't cut it, beating climate change
> will require system wide adjustments. So we could all get together at ICRS
> and advocate for that. Climate scientist Michael Mann puts it best:
>
> https://time.com/5669071/lifestyle-changes-climate-change/
>
> Cheers,
>
> Luiz
>
> P.S.: I just attended the Island Biology conference in Reunion Island
> (about 300 participants) and the organization paid for travel carbon
> offsets for every single participant. It wasn't much and their registration
> cost was 10x less than what ICRS usually is. Has anybody looked into that?
> With the astronomical cost of ICRS registration I am sure this would be
> within the realm of possibilities.
>
> *Luiz A. Rocha, PhD*
> Associate Curator and Follett Chair of Ichthyology
> California Academy of Sciences
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