![]() Heuberger, a kinetic, grandiloquent man, speaks expansively about his mission. South Pole thus pioneered a model of carbon offsetting that has been counted among our best hopes for staving off climate catastrophe: a mechanism that diverts funds from polluters in wealthy countries to protect crucial ecosystems in the Global South. Leading corporations, including Volkswagen, Gucci, Nestlé, Porsche, and Delta Air Lines, paid South Pole nearly a hundred million dollars for Kariba credits, allowing them to market goods or services as “carbon neutral.” The Kariba project, spanning an area ten times the size of New York City, was among the world’s first “avoided deforestation” programs by deterring local people from chopping down trees, it promised to prevent the release of tens of millions of tons of greenhouse gas. ![]() Plan to spend your holidays with the people you love most and focusing on the real reason for the season.A decade earlier, South Pole had signed a deal to sell carbon offsets from an effort to protect a vast swath of forest on the banks of Lake Kariba, upriver from the camp. Keep the hustle and bustle under control. Don’t get caught up in the endless shopping and parties and meaningless stuff. They can be more enjoyable than a planned out event!Ĭhristmas is a wonderful time of year. We try and keep at least one weekend night free a week for impromptu get-togethers. ![]() Those are often the best times with the most lasting memories. We try and have friends over for dinner or dessert a few times during the month of December. There are times when I do love having the house full of friends, especially at Christmas. ![]() There is a lot to be said for being at home snuggling under a warm blanket with the family with no lights on except for the Christmas tree for an evening or two. Our family doesn’t go to every party we’re invited to or every fun activity going on when there is a blank spot on the calendar. We also make sure we have enough family downtime as well. We have a list of family traditions as well as a list of new things we might like to try. As a family, we decide what we want to spend our Christmas season doing and who we want to spend it with. Now that we have a cleaned out calendar, we can start adding in the Christmas programs and those holiday family traditions that we don’t want to miss. We scale back to the basics to make room for some Christmas fun. Usually, other groups we are involved with take the month off, but even if they don’t, we do. I don’t volunteer for anything except Christmas stuff with my family at church. Some of the kids lessons or classes or monthly outings get put on hold until after the new year. So, what do we do? We clear the calendar. When I look at our schedule for December, there is no room for any special holiday fun without making us crazy. We have lots of commitments and appointments filling up our calendars throughout the year and the Christmas season is no exception. Our family is no different from anyone else’s. So, each year my delima is this: With an already packed schedule, how do we enjoy all the festivities of Christmas without getting “busy” and losing sight of God’s greatest gift to us? As with almost everything else, I have a plan. But, I want to be careful that those things don’t over shadow what Christmas really is about – the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. I love decorating the house, driving around looking at Christmas lights, baking cookies, Christmas programs, holiday gatherings and all that stuff. I do enjoy all the special activities, events and traditions of Christmas. The “hustle and bustle” of this time of year is considered to be just part of it.
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