New company offers child offsets

April Fools' Day edition:

Give Me Some of Your Tots

Seems like everyone is offsetting their carbon emissions these days, from presidential hopeful John Edwards to the organizers of the Super Bowl. But what about offsetting their kids? A new venture called TerraTots is offering "child offsets" to parents feeling guilty over bringing wee ones into the world. For $100, TerraTots will offset the ecological impact of high-consuming little Emma or Dylan by working to reduce childbirths in developing countries through the provision of free birth control in underserved communities. "It takes 20 Bangladeshis to equal the ecological footprint of one American," says TerraTot CEO Nick Benedict, "so to offset your kid, you need to prevent the birth of 20 kids in Bangladesh." He emphasizes that all the family-planning services TerraTots offers are completely voluntary. Hollywood celebs have already jumped at the newest marker of green cred -- Julia Roberts has offset her twins, and Gwyneth Paltrow was overheard bragging how eco-friendly Apple and Moses have become.

straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, David Iglesias, 01 Apr 2007

straight to the source: San Francisco Chronicle, Carol Lam, 01 Apr 2007

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Terra Tots and Green Blahniks

Are you sure these aren't real? Or self-fulfilling prophecies, perhaps???? You got me, Grist.... of course, several years ago my son told me, "Karen, did you know the word gullible wasn't in the dictionary until recently?" And I said, "Really?"

An ounce of practice is worth twenty thousand tons of big talk. -Vivekananda

by karenc at 12:07 PM on 01 Apr 2007

- reducing ur kids carbon footprints?

How cn any1 rationalize like dis ?
dis is pure racism! why not try stoppin teen pregnancies in America if you really want to be eco friendly?? i believe you could prevent the birth of 20 kids that way.

fyi if you really wnt 2 do sumtin wi $100 try donatin it 2 an orphanage 2 give sum of dese kids a chnce @ lyf!

Im all for birth control in developing countries bt dnt use dis sort of reasoning to do it!

by jo33 at 4:07 AM on 02 Apr 2007

lol !

ok u guys gt me gud! lol

by jo33 at 4:09 AM on 02 Apr 2007
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