# Donating 2%

*2021-01-10*

> This essay follows one I wrote in 2019 titled 'Donating 1%'. In it, I explain why I donate 1% of my earnings to not-for-profit causes and list those causes.

https://adamstoner.com/two/

This essay follows one I wrote in 2019 titled 'Donating 1%'. In it, I explain why I donate 1% of my earnings to not-for-profit causes and list those causes for both transparency and in hope it might inspire you to give.

**In 2021, I am donating 2% of my gross earnings to climate change solutions.** Like previous years, I am splitting that percentage to tackle the problem in different ways but unlike previous years, they do not have to be not-for-profit.

For 2021, I am committing...

- 1% of my gross earnings to tree-planting programs, planting 86 trees each month in countries including Mozambique, Madagascar, and Nicaragua via [Eden Reforestation](https://edenprojects.org/) and Dalry in Scotland via [The Future Forest Company](https://thefutureforestcompany.com/). By the end of 2021, I will have planted over 1,000 trees both at-home and abroad.
- 1% to direct carbon capture and prevention solutions via [Gold Standard](https://www.goldstandard.org) curtailing the equivalent of 74 tonnes of carbon in 2021. That's the same as offsetting the lifestyles of approximately 8 average UK citizens, including myself. 

I am achieving this in partnership with [Ecologi](https://ecologi.com/adamstoner), a platform that buys carbon offsets and makes donations to tree plantation programs en-masse. As a for-profit company, they charge 12.5% of my total donations for the service which is a significant amount less than the Individual Member dues of 1% For The Planet, a program I will cease to participate in.

In terms of not-for-profits, I will continue a donation to [Cool Earth](https://www.coolearth.org) each month, a charity that has been touted as [the most effective not-for-profit](https://www.coolearth.org/what-we-do/cost-effective-charity/) for fighting the climate crisis. Including this monthly donation, my giving total for 2021 is likely to be 3% of my gross income.