Green is the colour of naivety as well as virginity

Jetsetters can chip in for greenhouse offset.


Virgin Blue has invited its passengers to pay extra on top of their ticket prices to help offset the airline's greenhouse gas emissions.
Customers booking online will be asked whether they want to make a payment that will go towards abatement programs such as planting trees.
GST and a credit card fee will also be added.
Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull says passengers can be assured their dollars will go towards effective offset programs because the deal has been certified through the Government's Greenhouse Office.
"Customers who are paying extra to offset their carbon emissions will want to be sure that their money is going to a certified offset program so this is a great example of the Australian Government [acting] in a very innovative way," he said.
"We were the first Government in the world to set up a Greenhouse Office, but in this very innovative way, we're working with business."
Mr Turnbull says other Australian airlines are likely to adopt similar measures.
"Virgin's not a big airline but other airlines will follow Virgin and then others, and then this over time will become standard," he said.
The airline also plans to direct $500,000 a year to offsetting carbon emissions from its own staff's travel.
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