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Cool Effect
Cool Effect is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with headquarters in the Bay Area. Cool Effect uses the revenue from purchases to fund carbon reduction projects worldwide. These projects range from clean cookstoves in Peru, capturing methane in Colorado to turning waste into cooking fuel in India.

Founding
Cool Effect was founded by Richard and Dee Lawrence in September 2015. Before the founding of Cool Effect, Richard and Dee created Proyecto Mirador which has built over 100,000 stoves in rural Honduras. These stoves use half the amount of wood than traditional stoves. This means they emit half the amount of C02. After Proyecto Mirador received Gold Standard certification, they realized that carbon credits can make a difference in the world, so they created Cool Effect. Cool Effect was founded to give any individual the opportunity to take action against climate change.

Project Funding Process
The goal of Cool Effect is to give buyers complete transparency when it comes to funding carbon-reduction projects. Cool Effect only supports projects that are 100% additional and completely transparent. Being additional means that the projects supported by Cool Effect remove carbon from the atmosphere based on what would have happened if the project had not been created. Furthermore, for a project to be considered additional, it can not have any other source of income other than that generated through the sale of carbon credits. For example, the projects can not generate significant other revenues, or receive government funding.

Projects
Cool Effect chooses projects based on their scientific and financial credentials. The carbon credit pricing can range from four dollars all the way to thirteen dollars per tonne depending on the project and whether the purchases are monthly or one time donations. For example, Cool Effect supports projects such as a tree conservation project in Peru and a stove making project in Uganda. All of these projects go through the standard review required, as well as a third party review by Global Offset Research. Links to all the projects https://www.cooleffect.org/content/take-action/support-a-project/