Campaign for Sustainable Overreactions

CSO Program

Verified Outrage Offsets™

Cap-and-trade for tantrums. Buy credits to neutralize a particularly wasteful freakout.

The Problem

Some overreactions cannot be prevented. A wedding speech goes wrong. A neighbor parks across two spots. A senior leadership team retreat is held outdoors. The emissions are real. The remorse, while sincere, is not a substitute for offsets.

How It Works

1

Calculate

Use our Tantrum Footprint Calculator (or a third-party-certified equivalent) to estimate the CO₂e of the incident in question. Round up.

2

Purchase credits

Each Verified Outrage Offset™ neutralizes 1 kg CO₂e and corresponds to a real-world reduction project — primarily reforestation and methane-capture programs operated by partner organizations.

3

Receive your certificate

A blockchain-anchored (we are working on this) certificate is issued in your name, suitable for framing, regifting, or quietly producing during family conversations.

By the Numbers

47,000 t CO₂e

Credits issued (cumulative)

23

Partner reduction projects

$18.40 / kg

Avg credit price

Voices of Responsible Outrage

Eight CSO members share what this program means to their practice.

Caldwell Briggs

“I bought 40 kg of credits after the foreman's-meeting incident. The certificate is on the breakroom wall. The team has stopped bringing it up.”

Caldwell Briggs — Construction Foreman
Dr. Moira Petrescu

“The methodology is auditable. I have audited it. The credits correspond to real reduction projects. I have visited two of them. They exist.”

Dr. Moira Petrescu — Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Linda Morrissey

“I purchased offsets for the entire 2025 PTA season in advance. The board chair has commended my foresight. The board chair is me.”

Linda Morrissey — PTA Board Chair
Rev. Thomasina Oakes

“I include offset purchases in my pre-marital counseling recommendations. Every couple should plan ahead.”

Rev. Thomasina Oakes — Wedding Officiant
Eleanor Whittaker

“Our annual offset spend is in the budget. It is a line item. It is not deferred. We hold ourselves accountable.”

Eleanor Whittaker — Head of Engineering
Priscilla Voss-Bingham

“I purchase credits monthly on behalf of family members who have not yet registered with the Campaign. They will thank me later. They will not have a choice.”

Priscilla Voss-Bingham — Estate Executor
Nina Cabrera

“The certificate design has improved every year. The 2026 redesign is, in my professional opinion, the best certificate available in any offset market.”

Nina Cabrera — Creative Director
Tony Mazetti

“Bought 12 kg after the Home Depot incident. The certificate came in a tube. The tube is now a pencil holder. Closed loop.”

Tony Mazetti — Contractor

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