Economy of Love: Whole System Carbon Credits for Climate Impact

Companies have many ways to become climate responsible.

The most effective is to invest in real, absolute reductions in the carbon footprint of your company, implementing energy efficiency measures and installing renewable energy. 

But up to 80% of most companies’ carbon footprint is in their supply chain. You can invest in helping your partners cut their emissions, but for most businesses the best option is to invest in absolute reductions of atmospheric carbon through investments in regenerative agriculture that sequester excess CO2 in the soil. [See Hunter Lovins’ article, Regenerative Agriculture: Key to Solving the Climate Crisis.]

Organic, biodynamic farming relies on composting and animal impact to deliver and maintain fertility in the soil. This also increases nutrient density in food, and decreases dependence on government subsidies. Healthy soils feature mycorrhizal networks that mineralize the carbon, keeping it in the ground durably. 

But what if you are not a farmer? You can purchase Economy of Love (EoL) Whole System carbon credits. The carbon market offers companies valuable opportunities to offset their carbon emissions that are not addressed by efficiency measures or renewables – and to share with their networks the importance and value of the EoL farming community and their unique work. 

EoL’s tangible, market-based approach to carbon sequestration can offset the emissions of your company’s operations, supply chains and customers in ways that also lift small holder farmers out of poverty, reduce food insecurity, increase nutrient density in community diets, and decrease dependence on government subsidies

Inspired by the 40 year legacy of the Sekem Agro-economic group, EoL’s economic, social, environmental and cultural standards help farmers shift from carbon intensive industrial agriculture to organic biodynamic farming. They enable some of the poorest farmers on earth to invest in solar energy to shift from costly, polluting diesel. Hear some of the EoL farmer’s stories of success.