Zero+Emission+Travel

 Zero Emission Travel

**The holiday season is approaching! While gifts and joyful memories await us this festive season, one should consider giving back to the Earth as well. Roots and Shoots wishes to expand the school's carbon neutral program (currently in effect for all school trips) to personal family travel, and make SAS a 100% carbon neutral institution.**

**In Spring, members of the SAS Roots and Shoots club will use all the funds gathered to purchase and plant trees (ourselves) in Inner Mongolia. These trees will create a gift for our planet that is truly everlasting.**

 Basic Info: When: Jan 21 - Feb 11th Who: All families in SAS ES, MS, and HS Where: SAS Pudong and Puxi What: Donate trees to offset our carbon emission during our holiday travels. Why: To support the Million Tree Project and stop desertification in Inner Mongolia.

Where To Donate? You can drop the donation envelopes to any of the boxes we have set up in ES, MS, or HS offices. You may also give the donation to your children and they will give it to their homeroom teachers.

How Much to Donate? Any amount greater than 25 RMB (the cost of one tree) will suffice. We do not have a strict amount on how much each family should pay. However, if you want you can choose to offset your family's entire holiday travel please visit http://www.mtpchina.org/index.php/english/carbon-calculator/ for the exact calculations. You may also use the following table for an estimate of how much you should donate based on your travel destination.

Distance listed below all use Shanghai as the departure city and they are all roundtrips. The # of trees and cost is per person, for the cost of the entire family take the cost * the number of members who traveled.
 * Destination || Distance (km) || Number of Trees || Cost (RMB) ||
 * Japan || 1,781 || 1 || 25 ||
 * Singapore || 3,769 || 3 || 75 ||
 * Thailand || 2,811 || 2 || 50 ||
 * California, USA || 9,922 || 7 || 175 ||
 * New York, USA || 11,907 || 9 || 225 ||

Recognition

All families who donated to this project will be listed on the March EAGLES magazine (specific date is subject to change) regardless of the amount. A paper tree forest made of recycled paper will also be constructed as a tangible representation of the donation. Each paper cut out tree will have the family's name on it to thank your generous donations.

Million Tree Project

Visit the [|Shanghai Roots and Shoots MTP site] for more information about this project. The first million trees were planted in July 2012, and MTP is now starting on the second million.