Oriel is the first Oxford college attempting to become carbon neutral.
The college is offsetting their carbon emissions by sponsoring a tree planting project based in South America.
The project has been set up to support farmers in the Manu national park in Peru in the replanting of trees and selling of crops produced by these additional plantations. This would lead to the college receiving carbon neutral status as the trees they sponsor to grow would in theory cancel out the carbon emissions produced by the college.
Mark Jesnick, Oriel JCR President, stated that he is “delighted Oriel has taken such a bold step… We are proud to be one of Oxford’s most sustainable colleges, but hope that other colleges will take similar steps towards environmental activism.”
