SDS Conference

A Carbon Neutral Albuquerque System Dynamics Conference

The System Dynamics Society has partnered with Carbonfund.org as a means of offsetting the carbon emissions associated with the conference. This is the first step in making this event carbon neutral and has offset an initial 15 tons of the conference emissions.  We encourage attendees to offset their individual carbon impact as well. This initiative is co-coordinated by the Environmental SIG.

International conferences have an especially high carbon footprint primarily due to people flying long distances. Other sources of emissions include hotel energy and food, and local transportation. Other than having a virtual conference one manner of reducing our carbon footprint is to purchase carbon offsets. Carbonfund.org has helped us estimate our conference emissions at 900.9 metric tons and is offering this website as a manner to pay for offsets and keep track of our total contributions.

Our footprint was based on statistics from the 25th International System Dynamics Conference held in Boston, July 2007 and includes the number of attendees and their places or origin, number of hotel nights, estimated local transportation, estimated square foot of conference space and food provided by the conference. The System Dynamics Society has opted to average the total projected impact of our conference among the total number of projected attendees so as to not place a higher burden on those traveling from overseas. If each participant purchases US$15.27 of carbon offsets from Carbonfund.org, our conference will be carbon neutral. This program is strictly voluntary.

By choosing to offset your conference emissions with our partner Carbonfund.org, you too are making a pledge to protect and preserve the environment. Thank you for your contribution—together we can make a difference.

Or to make a donation to Carbonfund.org for another amount, please enter the amount in the box below.