NativeEnergy Newsletter: 9 Ways to Green Your Pet
Welcome Santa and cut greenhouse gas pollution with NativeEnergy holiday cards
The holiday season means lots of carbon emissions--from travel, to shopping, to giving gifts. But with our holiday cards, you can send greetings with the climate in mind.
Each biodegradable card includes carbon offsets that help build new renewable energy projects. Better still, the paper is embedded with wildflower seeds that grow.
Carbon Offset Holiday Card - $16
Offsets one month of home energy use
Carbon Pawprint: 9 ways to green your pet
Pets do a lot for us—from making us giggle to lowering our blood pressure—and life wouldn't be the same without them. Unfortunately, like people, they have a carbon footprint. According to some researchers, owning a medium-sized dog is comparable to driving a SUV for a year!
Video: EmPOWERing education in Indiana with on-site wind turbines
Wind energy is revolutionizing science education. In Indiana, NativeEnergy is helping schools build wind turbines that provide hands-on learning opportunities.
NativeEnergy and In Good Company: Restoring coastal wetlands
in Louisiana
During the first week of November, I traveled to the bayou and participated in helping to restore Louisiana's coastal wetlands with In Good Company. The organization is a collaboration of like-minded businesses—such as Clif Bar & Company, Annie's Homegrown, EILEEN FISHER, King Arthur Flour, and Seventh Generation—that make a commitment to community service. Every year, these values-driven companies join together to make a difference through hands-on action and volunteerism, bringing awareness to important issues and communities in need.
Clif Bar's Elysa Hammond visits Indiana wind project
This article originally appeared on the Clif Bar & Company Blog on November 12, 2012.
We take climate change seriously at Clif Bar & Company. As one part of our climate strategy, we partner with NativeEnergy to help build new sources of renewable energy. We're especially excited about our recent support of school-based wind turbines in Indiana.
LOHAS 2012: Corporate responsibility starts from within
LOHAS attracts the friendliest assemblage of conferees I have encountered. Perhaps it is all the yoga and healthy eating that makes attendees so cordial. Perhaps it is their determination to make the world a better place. Often when people advocate "change," what they mean is the other guy should change. At LOHAS, the notion of change is often aimed at oneself.
About NativeEnergy
NativeEnergy is an expert provider of carbon offsets, renewable energy credits, and carbon accounting software. With NativeEnergy’s Help Build™ offsets, businesses and individuals can help finance the construction of wind, biogas, solar, and other carbon reduction projects with strong social and environmental benefits. Since 2000, NativeEnergy’s customers have helped build over 50 projects, reducing more than 2.5 million tons of greenhouse gases, and the company has over 4 million tons under contract. All NativeEnergy carbon offsets undergo third-party validation and verification. Learn more at www.nativeenergy.com.
