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And now for something completely different for the December holiday season – A Peace on Earth-friendly, coal-free stocking stuffer from Clean Currents. We at Clean Currents today unveiled the Season’s Greenings gift card – an affordable and Earth-friendly way that holiday gift buyers anywhere can put clean and renewable wind energy on the nation’s electricity grid on behalf of anyone on their holiday gift giving list.

With the ease of the Internet, Season’s Greenings gives shoppers the power to green up the holiday season on behalf of friends, family members and work colleagues with a gift of carbon-free wind power that promotes energy independence and combats global warming throughout the year.

With every $10 increment, a Season’s Greenings gift card generates one Renewable Energy Credit of wind power (1,000 Kilowatt Hours) that will offset nearly 1,400 pounds of carbon dioxide pollution, the main greenhouse gas that causes global climate change.

That is equal to:
-- one month of the average U.S. home's electricity use,
-- six weeks of the average U.S. car's emissions, or
-- planting 95 trees

Holiday shoppers can now purchase Season’s Greenings gift cards by visiting Clean Currents at: www.cleancurrents.com. They can opt for a personalized “eco card” emailed to each recipient or customized and classic holiday cards made with environmentally-sensitive paper and ink by a Forest Stewardship Council-approved printing company.

Season’s Greening is a new low-cost, high results, eco-friendly way of gift giving this holiday season to fight global warming year-round. It is all about green power for a greener future.

Fall is rolling by, and winter is quickly approaching. As the temperatures drop and thermostats get cranked up, it is more crucial than ever to ensure your home is energy efficient. Simple measures like changing your light bulbs to Compact Fluorescent Lights or wearing a sweater instead of turning the thermostat up can help reduce your household’s energy consumption.

For example, replacing one incandescent light bulb with an energy-saving compact fluorescent bulb means a 1,000-pound reduction in carbon emissions a savings of about $67 dollars over the bulb's lifetime.

But before you do anything to your house, you should first invest in a visit from a home energy professional. By inviting an energy expert into your home to perform an energy audit, you’ll learn exactly the changes and improvements needed to make your home more efficient.

Energy professionals do not come into your home and just toss a couple of suggestions around. A professional sees the whole picture. Rather than just patching the holes, think of this as taking a holistic approach to remedying your home’s energy efficiency.

“When you get an energy road map you can make informed decisions about what changes to make,” says Reuven Walder of Energy Efficient Home Services.

An energy road map outlines ways to increase the efficiency of your home, ensuring every room in the house is as comfortable as the next and also making certain no health and safety issues are overlooked, such as mold or moisture problems.

As Americans, we have a lot of energy reducing to do. This country uses about 15 times more energy per person than does the typical developing country. So invest in a home energy auditor. Energy Efficient Home Services is local to the DC metropolitan area and provides free 30-minute consultations for Clean Currents customers.

Buying green power these days is a simple a way to help the environment. You don't need new equipment in your house. You don't have to dig up your yard and put in a wind turbine. Your electricity is just as reliable as ever. And the whole process for signing up takes about five minutes.

Lowering your home's carbon footprint is an important first step you can take to reduce your impact on the environment. In fact, your home's energy use is probably your biggest single contributor to your

Living green at home and in your life, it's easier than you think and it's more important than ever to take that first step. This blog will give you tips on how to lower your environmental impact while also showcasing local businesses that are making a real difference. For more information on clean power for your home, check out http://www.cleancurrents.com.

If you are a long-time resident of DC, you may fondly recall the bags of Little Tavern burgers that you could find at the memorable