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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTRIBUTE RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR FREE WHEN YOU SHOP ONLINE WITH OUR ENERGY GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, September 13, 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Our Energy is a new website that enables every American shopper and business to build U.S. renewable energy generation simply by shopping online. Clothing, music, movies, sporting goods, computers and software, office products and services, travel, and much more - when you buy from the nationally known merchants that have partnered with Our Energy, you buy what you want and they contribute a percentage of your purchase to the renewable energy supplier of your choice. Here's how Our Energy works:
Stores include BestBuy.com, Sears.com, HomeDepot.com, Expedia.com and hundreds of others. For a complete list of the merchants visit Our Energy at www.ourenergy.us. 
More than 750 top brand merchants have partnered with Our Energy, to help to support the growth of wind, solar, geothermal, small hydro and biomass. These renewable sources of power cause dramatically less air pollution and environmental damage than energy generated by coal, oil or nuclear power.
All the more than 35 Our Energy renewable energy partners are certified by Green-e, a nationally recognized tool to help consumers identify environmentally superior electricity offerings, that meet environmental and consumer protection standards. Energy suppliers include Green Mountain Energy, 3 Phases, Bonneville Environmental Foundation and dozens more. For a complete list of energy partners, visit Our Energy at www.ourenergy.us. When you enroll at the Our Energy website, you choose a energy beneficiary to benefit from your purchases. Then start shopping at any of our participating merchants. The merchants report the amount of your purchases back to Our Energy, and we calculate the contribution earned by your energy beneficiary. Our Energy mails your chosen energy beneficiary a check for the amount you've contributed on their behalf. Canadian shoppers can sign up at www.ourenergycanada.com to support Canadian renewable energy companies. Right now is the best time to strengthen the renewable energy industry, says Our Energy founder John Zyskowski. "As seen in the aftermath of the largest natural disaster in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina, American dependency on fossil fuels such as oil and natural gas is devastating," Zyskowski said. "We can only imagine the horrifying existence currently facing the residents of the Mississippi, Alabama, and New Orleans, but the effects of Katrina are even more widespread. Traveling literally through the energy pipelines of America are the effects of Katrina, in the form of oil and gas shortages and price spikes." Renewable energy is a viable solution to our nation’s dependency on the fragile foreign fuel supply. Renewables reduce our dependency on fossil fuels responsible for the global warming that powers extreme weather events such as Hurricane Katrina. "Yes, renewable energy has been more expensive than fossil fuel in the past," says Zyskowski, "but the Our Energy program from The Renewable Energy Center enables the generation of more renewable energy at no cost to the consumer, whether an individual or an organization." In its first year of existence, Our Energy already has been nominated for a Green Power Leadership Award offered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. Our Energy protects your privacy by not collecting or transmitting any personally identifiable information from your computer, other than what you provide through the enrollment process. Our Energy does not provide your personally identifiable information to participating merchants or other third parties for marketing purposes. Our Energy puts the power in the hands of the consumer. Visit www.ourenergy.us to turn on a brighter energy future. Contact: John Zyskowski Our Energy 616-304-3374 johnzy@ourenergy.us |
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