Street Lab is fighting climate change
Help us make our NYC operation 100% climate neutral in 2020 Donate NowNonprofits are polluters too.
Nonprofits like Street Lab need to lead the fight against climate change. The first step: admit you have a problem. Here’s the carbon footprint of our NYC programs in a nutshell.
- Studio, office, and storage 45%
- Trucking 30%
- Staff transportation 20%
- Materials and supplies 5%
Here’s our plan:
Measure
We’ve started to document the carbon output of our organization, everything from truck miles, to server use, to local transit.
Reduce
LED lightbulbs? Check. Partnership with NYC DOT that cuts our trucking 75%? Check. More social impact, less environmental impact.
Offset
What we can’t eliminate through efficiency, we’ll offset by investing in projects that cut greenhouse emissions elsewhere.
Repeat
Carbon offsets don’t mean “we’re done.” Rather, “we’re working on it.” Our goal is to get more efficient and offset less each year.