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AcornHq
It Communications, Sustainable, Apple, Carbon, Environment, Green Tech, Ipod, Offset, Sustainability, Iphone
In a sentence, AcornHq is a carbon offset site for iPod and iPhone users.
At the very core AcornHq is about more environmentally responsible gadget ownership. We want to provide an easy way for consumers to help offset the carbon associated with their iPod or iPhone.
We all love our iPods and iPhones but they have a very real cost to the environment. Carbon is emitted when your iPod is manufactured, when your iPod is transported from the factory to you, and when you use power to recharge your iPod. How that power is generated to recharge your iPod also has a huge impact.
People can come to AcornHq and join a tree by purchasing a leaf, for US$3.50. Once all the leaves have been taken, we plant a tree in New Zealand's South Island to offset those iPods. Trees being excellent systems for extracting and absorbing atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Users can then place their tree on their website and watch it fill up with leaves as more people join it. When the trees we plant reach the end of their life, the plan is for any timber produced by the trees to go into community housing projects.
What makes us Made From New Zealand?
Registered in NZ, AcornHq is a micro-business run by husband & wife team John and Sarah Lewis. We are London-based Kiwis. Most recently John was Community Manager for Kiwi start-up Ponoko: http://www.ponoko.com/
A core part of the AcornHq service is that our customers' trees are being planted in New Zealand.