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Skydiver Carbon Offset Package $8 PER METRIC TONNE OF CARBON 1 METRIC TONNE = 80 JUMPS ($0.10 PER JUMP)

Carbon offsets can be purchased on www.transformationcarbon.com

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ransformation Carbon™ has been established by C-Quest Capital, a social impact project developer, to make it easy for anyone, and any entity, to neutralize the climate impact of their lifestyle while helping families in the poorest communities in the world live healthier happier lives.

No matter where in the world you invest in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the impact on climate is the same. You can blend your personal contribution in any way you please between acting at home and elsewhere to make a difference.

You can live a less carbon intensive lifestyle at home while making a real difference to people’s lives in Africa, Asia and Central America by reducing their emissions through efficient cooking and lighting.

WHAT IS A CARBON FOOTPRINT? Carbon Footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases emitted due to the consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person, group, or activity. The average carbon footprint of a US household is 48.5 metric tonnes (or 106,924 lbs) of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) equal to 5,457 gallons of gasoline consumed. The majority of this is from electricity consumed at home and transportation. The approximate carbon footprint per person per skydive is ~27 lbs.

Calculation: A Twin Otter aircraft consumes ~86 gallons of jet fuel/hr. One gallon of burned jet fuel emits ~19 lbs CO2 into the atmosphere. 86 gallons * 19 lbs CO2 = 1,634 lbs CO2/hr. Using 20min as an approximate flight time for one load of skydivers, one load would emit ~545lbs CO2 emissions per flight. Using 20 people as an approximation for the average number of people per load, one skydiver would effectively be responsible for ~27lbs of CO2 emissions per skydive.

WHAT IS A CARBON OFFSET?

A Carbon Offset is a way to compensate for your greenhouse gas emissions by funding an equivalent carbon dioxide savings elsewhere. It both helps to combat global climate change as well as to care for local communities around the world. Whatever your carbon footprint is, you can offset it by supporting projects anywhere in the world that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY BUYING FROM TRANSFORMATION CARBON™?

To offset your carbon footprint, your purchase of carbon offsets is supporting our Transformation Carbon™ project portfolio and not one specific project. Each project we implement has different cost structures, so to keep it simple we blend these costs together and offer carbon offsets at one uniform price. We use the proceeds of your purchase to continue to implement our projects to generate new carbon offsets as well as to retire already issued carbon offsets. All carbon offsets purchased will be retired at the end of every calendar year and that means that we are forever removing that carbon offset from circulation. It can never be re-sold, or traded ever again. It is permanent.

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INTERNATIONAL & NATIONAL STANDARDS Our projects are listed in independently managed registries for specific carbon offset standards, which assure transparency and quality in the creation, quantification, and verification of offset projects. Currently, we use the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), and the Climate Action Reserve (CAR).

THIRD-PARTY VERIFICATION Under all the standards we apply, the projects are monitored closely by our in-country teams and partners and are independently verified by accredited auditing firms under each standard. All our projects are published on the different standards’ websites where you can see a plethora of project documents.

TRANSFORMATION CARBON™ PROJECTS Our projects target poor communities around the world and provide a diverse range of social, environmental and health benefits. Unlike most other retail carbon offset platforms, we are not a middle man. We develop and implement our projects directly through our own subsidiaries or partnerships with onthe-ground organizations.

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Distribution of ONIL Stoves Mexico Location: Mexico (Rural) Duration: 2012 - present Partner: Fuego Limpio Carbon Standard: United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (PoA 8521), Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) (VCSR914) Rural and indigenous people in Mexico have traditionally cooked their meals inside, using a three-stone fire. Today, the most disadvantaged households continue to use these open fires for cooking. They cause respiratory problems and burns, and because they are so inefficient, the high demand for fuel to supply them contributes to deforestation. We are working with our partner, Fuego Limpio, to provide high-efficiency plancha style cookstoves to families in rural Mexico.

Fuel Efficient Stoves in Malawi Location: Malawi (Rural) Duration: 2013 - present Partner: Total Land Care (TLC) Carbon Standard: United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (PoA 9558), Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) (VCSR1337) The vast majority of the rural population in Malawi cook on highly inefficient, traditional three-stone fires, which are often located inside poorly-ventilated kitchens with tiny windows, if any. This not only causes severe household air pollution and chronic health problem; it limits economic productivity and leads to some of the highest deforestation rates in the world. We have partnered with Total LandCare to install fixed mud/brick stoves with high quality metal parts in poor rural households throughout Malawi.

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Fuel Efficient Stoves in Rural Zambia Location: Eastern Valley, Zambia (Rural) Duration: 2013 - present Partner: Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) Carbon Standard: United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (PoA 8060), Climate Action Reserve (CAR) In Zambia, we work with our on-the-ground partner Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) to help install the mud/brick stoves with high quality metal parts and halfwall kitchens that replace three-stone fires.

The households that receive the clean and efficient cookstoves and half-wall ventilated kitchens live in rural villages and are at the very bottom of the pyramid. For the most part, they live outside the cash economy.

Not only does a clean and efficient stove reduce carbon dioxide emissions, it produces a number of co-benefits for the users such as reduced time and drudgery collecting firewood, and reduced exposure to harmful cooking smoke.

Brighter Futures for Low-Income Households in India Location: Various States in India Duration: 2010 - present Carbon Standard: United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (PoA 3223) Between 2010 and 2013, we worked with the Indian government to distribute over eight million long-life (10,000-12,000) specially made compact florescent light (CFL) bulbs to poor households in India to replace their inefficient incandescent light bulbs (ICL). The result was lower electricity bills, better quality lighting, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. A significant portion of the bulbs installed years ago continue to work today and continue to generate emission reductions.

Very poor families using incandescent bulbs (ICL) spend as much as 10% of their income on electricity in India. Through our Indian subsidiary we supplied high quality CFLs at a fraction of the retail price, which last 10-20 times longer and produce better light than ICL bulbs.

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Distribution of ONIL Stoves in Guatemala Location: Guatemala (Rural) Duration: 2012 - present Partner: HELPS International Carbon Standard: United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (PoA 8480), Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) (VCSR1335 & VCSR1338) The majority of Guatemalan households continue to cook their meals in the traditional way – on a three-stone fire in an indoor pit. These open fires cause respiratory problems and burns, and because they are so inefficient, the high demand for fuel to supply them contributes to deforestation. We are working with HELPS International to use carbon finance to leverage market share of the high-efficiency ONIL cookstoves throughout Guatemala.

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