San Juan Outfitters Carbon Neutral Goals

San Juan Outfitters has made the commitment to become the first Carbon Neutral Kayak, Whale Watch, and Adventure Company that we know of.  In 2008, we will carefully measure our carbon footprint, down to the energy required by our staff to commute to work.  We will also incorporate as many energy saving policies as possible, while working on ways to transition to cleaner renewable energy sources.  You can track our progress by checking the carbon neutral blog on this site.  If you have experience or expertise that will help us in this endeavor, we welcome your comments.  If you would like to learn more about how we are accomplishing our goals, or facing particular challenges, check in with us periodically or visit our carbon neutral blog.

Our goal is to provide an example that other small companies can learn from.  Small businesses are the ideal place to make these changes, because collectively small businesses make up a huge sector of our economy and workforce.
We feel a particular responsibility to decrease our impact on the environment, as we make our living by educating people about the natural world, wildlife, and conservation.  We feel that eco-tourism companies should rise to the challenge as leaders in reducing their carbon footprints and overall impact on the environment. 

We’d also like for guests who are interested in our carbon neutral commitment to learn from our experiences.  By setting this goal of carbon neutrality, we’ll gain the experience necessary to advise others.  That may include guests who have always thought it would be too expensive or difficult to have their household go carbon neutral.  More evidence is showing that alternative energies will be vastly less expensive over time than older technologies, and we hope to embrace that knowledge for a cleaner environment and a sound economic business plan.