Drink Green

Way to go! You’re about to learn more about your carbon footprint, how it impacts global warming, and what you can do about it. Read on to dig deeper and find out more about BeGreen and Green Mountain Energy.

Sweet Leaf Tea is already doing their part by purchasing of 1 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of wind energy to offset the electricity required to operate their corporate headquarters and manufacture and bottle its line of ‘Green’ teas for one year.

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Reducing your carbon footprint and balancing it out can be easy. The first step is to visit our carbon calculator to figure out where you stand, and keep an eye out for our eco-tips (like the one on the right) that help you cut back on your emissions.

Once you’ve calculated and reduced your footprint, the next step is to offset it. Carbon offsets are investments in projects elsewhere that reduce or avoid emissions contributing to global warming. When you purchase a carbon offset, it’s not an excuse to pollute; it’s a vote for clean technologies and practices that preserve our environment.

Simply looking to satisfy your thirst for knowledge? Visit the About Us section to read about global warming, carbon offsets, and our company.

Since our inception, Green Mountain Energy customers have helped avoid over 4,900,000 metric tons of CO₂. That has the equivalent environmental impact of taking over 870,000 cars off the road for one year or recycling over 24,000,000,000 aluminum cans.

“Only heat the rooms you use. Your heating system guzzles needless energy trying to keep every room in your house cozy during winter. Make sure the room with your thermostat is getting heat, but instead of sending warmth to the four corners, keep vents and doors closed in rarely used rooms. This reduces the amount of work your heating system needs to do to reach your thermostat’s temperature setting. You might even find that your house has fewer drafts and warms up faster. Now that’s cozy.”

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