Nature Air

For months, we have been living under a cloud of negative news and dire predictions for the future. The darkening, daily dose of information relating to our climate crisis and the skyrocketing costs of our diminishing oil supply were even pushed aside by a virtual collapse of the entire global economy. In the midst of all this disarray, there are countless positive stories seeking the light of day. Quietly, and without self-aggrandizing fanfare, Natureair has been rewriting the rules for the airline industry.

Natureair is the first airline in the world to join CN Net, the Climate Neutral Network, a global initiative led by the United Nations Environment Program, UNEP. The organization’s participants include countries, cities, international companies, UN agencies and leading NGO’s. “We welcome Natureair to CN Net as a trailblazer on a path to 100% carbon neutral air travel,” said UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director, Achim Steiner.

In 2004, Natureair made a commitment to be the world’s first carbon neutral airline. In conjunction with the Costa Rican government’s FONAFIFO, they developed a plan to offset their annual 6,000 tons of CO2 emissions through reforestation efforts in the Osa Peninsula. [...]