We have, we’re a web hosting and design company so everything is online. We can host websites on servers powered by renewable energy. The only earthly resource we expend is an eye-watering amount of electricity… For the last two years, we’ve been offsetting all of our electricity use (via our partners) with wind-generated Renewal Energy Certificates, becoming a “Green Power Partner” of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. As energy awareness continues to grow, people are not just looking to make lifestyle adjustments, they want to make environmentally responsible decisions.
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These Renewable Energy Certificates prevent the release of 2,660 metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year. The estimated yearly benefit to the environment is equivalent to planting ~2,390 acres of trees or not driving 6.1 million miles.
” … about 12% of the U.S. population can be identified as True Greens, consumers who seek out and regularly buy … green products. Another 68% can be classified as Light Greens, consumers who buy green sometimes.” (Source: AdAge)