Green Daily

You recycle, you compost, you walk to work. But how green was your last rich country leader get-together?

It was probably not as green-themed as the upcoming G8 summit to take place in Northern Japan. Eight rich and pretty polluting countries are meeting in Toyako and Japanese organizers plan to be very eco-friendly hosts.

On the functional side of things, cops will be rolling around on Segways, toilets that use 31% less water have been designed specifically for the event, and a bunch of new hydrogen fuel cell cars from Honda will be taking delegates to and from meetings over the five days.

And if you're a world leader, you likely travelled to this G8 party by air. Well, now you can stop feeling guilty and off-set your emisssions at a booth in the international media centre. The service will calculate the emissions you produced by attending the summit, and then offer you a chance to donate money to an offsetting project involving, for example, reforestation.

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