Terrapass is a Menlo Park-based alternative energy company that sells carbon credits to consumers who want to balance out their “carbon footprint,” or the amount of carbon dioxide emissions they generate through travel and other energy consumption.

You can buy a credit (starting at $30 a year depending on what kind of vehicle you drive and how many miles a year you travel) for your car that funds clean energy projects enough to balance your global warming impact. The way they do this is through supporting things such as wind energy farms; biomass energy, which burns methane collected from dairy farms for energy; and other voluntary carbon dioxide emissions cap-and-trade systems. Click here for more information about the company and about the projects they support. They also sell credits to balance your airline travel and energy consumed in your home.

I thought this was a pretty neat solution for environmentally-conscious consumers! I think I might look into purchasing a credit for my car this year! Also, if you sign up for their email newsletter, they’ll send you a coupon for 10% off the cost of a credit. What other types of enviro-conscious solutions have you come across?

-Calculate the emissions impact of your vehicle on TerraPass.com