“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it”
The planet is suffering from anthropogenic actives. Our founder Ivonne Pena has a deep passion for environmental advocacy and the alternative energy resources. Our mission at One Blue Planet is to raise awareness about our own personal impact on the planet. One Blue Planet was founded in 2019, in Pittsburgh, PA, offering engineering consulting services on energy related topics: We focus on delivering decarbonization pathways for governments, sectors and companies. We bring together experts from different fields to deliver analyses of the highest standards. We rely on our vision, one in which we contribute to develop and commercialize better energy technologies in the U.S. and abroad. At One Blue Planet we want to give you the tools to reduce your carbon footprint and make a positive impact on the planet. We all have an impact, but it’s our job to mitigate it.
Our services
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Use our custom carbon footprint calculator to further understand your impact
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This website provides a synopsis for major earth system issues and will give you tools to implement better habits for the earth system
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Tools to reduce your carbon footprint.
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Founder Ivonne Pena has created a beginner carbon footprint course to better understand our personal impact. She will provide tools to become a better steward for the Earth
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Want to directly reduce your carbon footprint? OneBluePlanet endorses Carbon Offset, LLC — a wetland restoration company that markets carbon credits. Follow the link below for more information on our carbon offsetting platform.
About Our Impact
Since the industrial revolution places around the globe have been burning fossil fuels for energy. Fossil fuels are the altered remains of plants and marine microorganisms that are removed from long term geological storage and deposited into the atmosphere. Fossil fuels are formed under extreme pressure and temperatures that create materials rich with hydrocarbon. These materials can be extracted and burned as oil, natural gas, and coal. High levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has shifted the balance of the greenhouse effect warming temperatures at earths surface. Since the industrial revolution earth has warmed 1.1° Celsius altering the earth system.
The impacts are extensive the Greenland ice sheet is melting rapidly changing ocean currents, precipitation patterns are changing globally impacting agriculture, and forest fires are destroying ecosystems and homes. We are reaching a no-analog state: altering the earth system at a rate that has never been seen before. We need to make a change and we need to do it now. There is no planet B, we must do our part to protect the planet.
Decarbonization pathways
Pennsylvania annually produces 266.01 MMTCO2e, ranking nationally as the 4th largest contributor of GHG emissions. The United States produces 6,340.2 MMTCO2e annually. The average American produces 16 tonnes of CO2e annually.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
6,340.2 MMTCO2e
Want to learn more?
Ivonne Peña, founder of One Blue Earth has used her years of expertise in the energy sector to craft a course on household reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. If you want to make a difference, this class is for you.
“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
- Jane Goodall
WE ENABLE A NET ZERO FUTURE
Offset your carbon emissions
Want to lower your carbon footprint? By purchasing a carbon credit you are offsetting one tonne of CO2e from your carbon footprint.
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Carbon sinks naturally sequester carbon dioxide through photosynthesis. OneBluePlanet supports Carbon Offset, LLC which sells carbon credits created from the restoration and preservation of wetlands.
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Wetlands are effective carbon sinks that sequester carbon dioxide through sediment trapping and photosynthesis. Wetland reservation and preservation not only restores a carbon sink but a vibrant ecosystem home to 1/3 of endangered species. Wetlands are endangered ecosystems— in Pennsylvania alone 56% of historic wetlands have been covered and destroyed. By purchasing wetland carbon credits you are doing so much more than just reducing your carbon footprint.
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If you are ready to take action to directly reduce your carbon footprint, follow the link below to our carbon offsetting platform. There you will find additional information on our mission and project.
About the Founder
Ivonne Peña is passionate about creating solutions to decarbonize the energy sector. She is an engineer with markets analysis expertise, advancing the next generation of energy technologies. Her motivation is to contribute in an energy transition that is feasible and equitable in the long-term, and that spillovers to other sectors and economies.
About Hannah
Hannah Hagley is an undergraduate Earth and Environmental Science student at Lehigh University. She is passionate about ecology and sustainability. Hannah is an Eco-Rep at Lehigh University and aims to promote sustainable living habits on campus. She also is a peer writing mentor, and collaborates with students to improve their writing and research skills.
