af Jens Schiersing Thomsen | jun 18, 2018
‘Be the Change’ campaigner Keith John Stevenson, in association GROW|FORIT and Keith’s employer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE), attended the Vedersø International School on wednesday 6th June 2018 and spoke with a class of students about renewable energy, SGRE, wind power and climate change.
At the conclusion of the session the group planted an oak tree as a symbol of hope and action. The tree was provided by GROW|FOR|IT and will for hundreds of years to come, absorb CO2 from the atmosphere.
Atmospheric CO2 is on an exponential trajectory, now at its highest level for 800,000 years (410ppm) and showing no signs of reduction.
The link between increasing greenhouse gases causing increasing energy and heat and the consequences for the biosphere was a theme of the presentation. The time is up – each of us has to take the first step of action.
af Jens Schiersing Thomsen | jun 18, 2018
’Be the Change’ aktivist Keith John Stevenson besøgte onsdag d. 6. juni 2018 efterskolen ‘The International’ i Vedersø. I samarbejde GROW|FO|IT og Keiths arbejdsgiver Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) fortalte Keith eleverne om vedvarende energi, SGRE, vindkraft og klimaforandringer.
Efter foredraget plantede gruppen i fællesskab et egetræ som symbol på håb og handling. Træet blev sponsoreret af GROW|FOR|IT og vil i de næste mange år opsuge CO 2 fra atmosfæren.
Mængden af CO2 i atmosfæren stiger hastigt og er nu den højeste det har været i 800.000 år (410ppm) – og er stadigt stigende. Effekten af drivhusgasser på jordens energi og varme samt dets konsekvenser for biosfæren var hovedtemaerne i præsentationen. Tiden er kommet – hver af os må tage det første skridt og handle.
af Jens Schiersing Thomsen | maj 19, 2018
Eden Reforestation Projects and GROW|FOR|IT have agreed to jointly plant mangrove forest within an 18 hectares area in Madagascar. Mangrove grows in salty water and is exceptionally good at capturing CO 2 , and since the trees are planted in a sea area, they never lack water.
Eden Projects is a US based NGO working with reforestation. Read more here: http://www.edenprojects.org.
Eden Reforestation Projects have selected a suitable site for the purpose: Ampazony, having the GPS coordinates 15°36’0.47”S / 46°22’50.28”E. The site is targeted at GROW|FOR|IT and situated close to the town of Mahajunga, so it is in fact possible to go to the site and give the trees a hug 🙂
The payment for the 18 hectares of mangrove comes from the more than one hundred 200 DKK donations that we received from private individuals (GO-FOR-IT memberships) and from the three hundred company Christmas gifts we received from Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
We use 80% of these payments for the Madagascar mangroves. The last 20% we wish to spend on establishing an Agroforestry forest in Nepal.
We wish to thank all donors for making it possible to start this piece of mangrove forest in Madagascar. The 18 hectares of forest will, when in good growth, absorb and capture 20 tons of CO 2 per hectare per year, which is more than 360 tons CO 2 per year. Read more here: www.nature.com/mangrove CO2 capture.
af Jens Schiersing Thomsen | maj 19, 2018
Eden Reforestation Projects og GROW|FOR|IT har indgået en aftale om at tilplante et 18 hektar stort område i Madagaskar med mangrove. Mangroveskov gror i saltvand og er formidabel til at opsuge CO2, og da træerne står delvist i havet, er der aldrig mangel på vand.
Eden Projects er en amerikansk baseret NGO organisation, hvis formål er at plante træer. Læs mere her: http://www.edenprojects.org.
Eden Reforestation Projects har udvalgt en velegnet site til formålet: Ampazony, med GPS kooridinaterne 15°36’0.47”S / 46°22’50.28”E. Siten er valgt til GROW|FOR|IT og ligger tæt på byen Mahajunga, således at det er muligt at flyve derned og give træerne et kram 🙂
Betalingen for plantning af de 18 hektar mangroveskov kommer fra de mere end et hundrede 200 kroners donationer, vi har modtaget fra privatpersoner (GO-FOR-IT medlemskaber) samt fra de 300 firmajulegaver, vi modtog fra Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
Vi bruger 80 % af disse indbetalinger til mangrove i Madagaskar. De sidste 20 % ønsker vi at bruge til etablering af en Agroforestry skovplantning i Nepal. Vi takker alle donorer for, at det nu er muligt at etablere et stykke mangroveskov i Madagaskar. De 18 hektar skov vil, når den er i god vækst, årligt opsuge og binde CO2 svarende til mere end 20 tons CO2 per hektar > 360 ton CO2 per år. Læs mere her: www.nature.com/mangrove CO2 capture.
af Jens Schiersing Thomsen | maj 19, 2018
Dear sponsors of GROW|FOR|IT,
New version of this post:
As of 2019 MobilePay no longer offers to handle the flow of information to the Danish Tax authorities. This means that we can no longer offer to handle the necessary information to SKAT on behalf of our small fee donors. Tax credit is still obtainable, but it is now up to the donor to inform the Danish tax authorities about their donation.
We will however make an exemption for lifelong CO2-offset donors and offer to handle the necessary tax credit information for them individually ?.
Earlier version:
We have managed to establish a solution to ensure that your donations will automatically be communicated to SKAT. §8A is the clause in the Tax Assessment Act that grants tax credit for donations to associations and organizations working for the common good.
GROW|FOR|IT is now registered as such an association. If you wish to donate a sum to GROW|FOR|IT and wish to get a tax credit, please enter your donation via phone number +45 93883530 using MobilePay. That way we need not receive your CPR number, which could be a challenge according to the data protection legislation of the EU.
With MobilePay it is easy: 1) Go to Indstillinger, 2) choose Donation, 3) select Skattefradrag for donationer, 4) confirm via NemID. From now on, all your donations to associations cooperating with MobilePay will be reported to SKAT. Read more here (PDF in Danish).
In case you wish to get the tax credit for a “GO-FOR-IT” membership at 250 kroner, things are a bit more complicated. First, use number +45 93883530 using MobilePay, if you want the credit for the minimum 200 DKK. Then pay your 50 DKK membership using our MobilePay number 25008 dedicated at running costs. Please remember to note your name, so that we know who is paying.
You can always pay the entire GO-FOR-IT membership using reg. No. 4728 and account No. 11847579 using MobilePay number 25008, but then you will miss the tax credit. We apologize for the inconvenience, but we prefer that you do not need to hand out your CPR numbers to GROW|FOR|IT.
