Get Paid for Reducing Your Carbon Footprint.
August 3, 2009 by simonturner
Filed under Eco Tips, Global
It’s always nice to come across environmental innovations that can be used worldwide.
The website MyEex provides a monetary incentive for consumers to reduce their carbon emissions.
A simple carbon exchange program, all you have to do is reduce your carbon footprint and subsequently be rewarded with credits that can be converted into pure hard cash. As much of us all may want to improve our footprint, the colour of money is sometimes a bit more powerful than relying on ones conscience.
All you need to do to participate is create a user profile on their site (free, of course), and using data from your last 12 months of energy bills (electricity and heating) the site will calculate your base usage.
From this point, using numerous tips and a variety of information sources (including participating in a very social manner) you seek to reduce your energy bills. Each month you’ll enter your power usage and you’ll subsequently have any reductions certified and awarded with Certified Emissions Reductions (known as CERs) which are tradable on the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).
Working on one CER being equal to one ton of carbon reduced (at a price of between $10 – $25 USD), your earnings will be paid via Pay Pal.
Definitely worth a try!
Travel With Your Own Green Personal Assistant
March 5, 2008 by marquetteturner
Filed under Eco Tips, Facts
Travelling for business and want to be environmentally responsible? Take along your very own Green PA to help take care of the logistics of eco travel.
Rearden Commerce, creator of the first on-demand personal assistant and the first on-demand platform for services, unveiled the new green-focused Rearden Personal Assistant to provide business travelers and organizations a first-of-its kind Total Green Travel Experience when booking travel and related services.
Marquette Turner is especially impressed with some of the features and functionalities that include an intelligent Carbon Calculator, hybrid car services, and Web and audio conferencing.
“The Rearden Personal Assistant has always saved people time and their companies, money. Now, it’s doing its part to save the environment by minimizing the impact of business travel,” said Patrick Grady, Founder and CEO, Rearden Commerce. “’Visual guilt’ has already proven transformative in helping users make financially responsible decisions for their companies and now we have the opportunity to guide over a million business travelers toward environmentally responsible choices for their planet.”