The Surui — like the Tolo River People — first had to work with consultants to measure the carbon captured in trees, identify the threats to the forest, convert the threats and
acreage to carbon emissions, and then calculate emission reductions that would be generated by saving the endangered
portion of the forest — all in accordance with complex technical requirements
of international carbon accounting standards.
A
portion of the lesson fees go to saving rainforest
acreage and since March 2008, 72 acres have been saved through the Rainforest Conservancy.Why run an eco school and not choose eco products?
Virginia Vacant land
portion of Metro West, Fairfax (9.82509 acres zoned Planned Residential Mixed - Use) Springfield Town Center, Fairfax (49 acres zoned for office, retail, hotel, and multifamily) Woodland Park, Herndon (112 acres zoned for multiple office development) Leegate, LLC Property, Leesburg (126 - acre vacant land tract, Route 7 and Battlefield Parkway) Moorefield Station, Loudoun County (20.3944 - acre public use site part
of 81.6 - acre proffered public use site) Loudoun Center, Loudoun County (669 acres zoned for multiple office development) Cleveland Site, McLean (10.29 - acre trace for Route 123 and the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project) Reston (7,400 acres zoned for planned unit development) Stafford County (market study for various property types from January 1, 2006 to January 1, 2010, including the appropriate range
of land values for single - family [large
acreage parcels], multifamily, retail, office, and industrial properties Tysons Square Center, Vienna (14.19054 - acre tract)