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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HOLIDAY SHOPPING ONLINE CAN GENERATE RENEWABLE POWER FOR FREE WITH OURENERGY GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, November 30 , 2005 --/WORLD-WIRE/-- Your online holiday purchases this year could generate hundreds of kilowatt hours of clean American renewable energy at no cost to you. OurEnergy is the website that makes it happen. “There has never been a better opportunity to support domestic renewable energy production. Americans who shop online will spend on average $305 this time of year. Those purchases made at www.ourenergy.us yield clean energy contributions that equal the planting of 41 trees or not driving 658 miles,” says OurEnergy founder John Zyskowski. “During this holiday season what better gift could you give than a cleaner domestic energy supply?” Log on to www.ourenergy.us to see how easy it is for online shoppers to support domestic renewable energy generation - for free! Simply shop at over 700 online retailers and they will contribute a percentage of your spending to generate New clean energy from landfill gas, biomass, wind, solar and geothermal sources. OurEnergy's merchandise partners offer everything you need to make the holidays happy and bright - computer equipment from Hewlett Packard, everything chocolate from Chocolate Source, a selection of wines from small growers around the world, fishing gear from Cabelas, even a European online mall. When you buy from the nationally known merchants that have partnered with OurEnergy, you buy what you want and they contribute a percentage of your purchase to generate renewable energy from the supplier of your choice. Here's how OurEnergy works:
Stores include Neiman Marcus and K-Mart, Footlocker and Danskin, Barnes & Noble, Tower Records, even Diamonds International and hundreds of others. For a complete list of the merchants visit OurEnergy at www.ourenergy.us. More than 700 top brand merchants have partnered with OurEnergy, 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 OurEnergy renewable energy suppliers are certified by Green-e, a nationally recognized third party organization, to help consumers identify environmentally superior electricity offerings, that meet environmental and consumer protection standards. Energy suppliers include Community Energy, 3 Phases, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Chesapeake Wind Current and many more. For a complete list of energy partners, visit Our Energy at www.ourenergy.us. When you enroll at the OurEnergy website, you choose the energy supplier to generate the renewable energy from your purchases. Then start shopping at any of the OurEnergy participating merchants. The merchants report the amount of your purchases back to OurEnergy, including the contribution percentage earned by your energy beneficiary. OurEnergy mails your chosen energy supplier a check for the amount of your merchant contributions to generate more new domestic renewable energy on your behalf. Canadian shoppers can sign up at www.ourenergycanada.com to support Canadian renewable energy companies. Renewable energy is a viable solution to our nation’s dependency on our 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 OurEnergy program breaks the mold by enabling the generation of more renewable energy at no cost to the consumer, whether an individual or an organization." OurEnergy protects your privacy by not collecting or transmitting any personally identifiable information from your computer, other than what you provide through the enrollment process. OurEnergy does not provide your personally identifiable information to participating merchants or other third parties for marketing purposes. OurEnergy puts the power in the hands of the consumer. Visit www.ourenergy.us this year to turn your holiday shopping into a brighter energy future. CONTACT: John Zyskowski OurEnergy 616-304-3374 johnzy@ourenergy.us |
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