PRIME Carbon Offsetting Programme

PRIME is already committed to reducing our environmental impact through recycling and other policies. We have to recognise however that by far our single biggest impact is from the travel essential to our work.

All PRIME programmes seek to become eventually self-sustainable - training up local tutors to take the message forwards. One of the positive outcomes of this is that in doing so we are in the long term reducing our impact on the environment.

In the short and medium term we are already committed to avoiding unnecessary trips and are actively developing alternative delivery methods for our teaching programmes and providing training at, or in conjunction with, existing national, regional and global healthcare conferences.

Reduce what you can and offset the rest

We do recognise that very often there is no realistic replacement to spending time in country, engaging in face-to-face teaching and consultancy.

PRIME is pleased to be able to recommend to our tutors that they might like to use Climate Stewards to offset their carbon footprint. 

Climate Stewards, in partnership with local people, is planting trees in Ghana. Trees which restore topsoil and resist erosion, shelter crops from wind and sun, provide fruit and eventually timber and provide vital habitat for vulnerable wildlife and trees also capture carbon dioxide - the main cause of climate change.