Nature Moms To Be Powered With Renewable Energy

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You may recall my post about Whole Foods deciding to purchase renewable energy credits — which subsidize the production of energy from renewable sources such as wind — to offset 100% of its electricity use. As of December 9, 2005, Whole Foods Market is purchasing more than 458,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) of renewable energy credits from wind farms. This purchase will avoid more than 700 million pounds of carbon dioxide pollution this year. To have the same environmental impact, more than 60,000 cars would have to be taken off the road or more than 90,000 acres of trees would have to be planted.

I thought this was a wonderful move on their part and I have often thought about how I can do something similar. Of course my power needs are much smaller but I too decided to purchase renewable energy credits from Renewable Choice Energy to offset my personal and business power usage.

If anyone else is ready to make that leap, Renewable Choice Energy has teamed up with Whole Foods to reward that decision by offering gift certificates to use in Whole Foods stores.

Here’s to the future!