Dear GENI
Friend,
Earth
Day was founded three decades ago to raise environmental
awareness. Many of us began to recycle paper and aluminum
cans, read labels on food and eat lower on the food
chain. These are good personal changes in lifestyle,
but they are not sufficient to the scale of the problem.
What
can you do that will make a big difference in your
hometown? Today, deregulation has created new
opportunities in buying power that didn't exist last
year. Just as the telephone industry has provided
many options — you now have the option to
actually buy renewable electricity for your needs
(electricity produced from solar,
wind, geothermal,
biomass
and hydro).
Your willingness to pay a few extra dollars per month
will help push the market towards building even more
renewable energy generation.
Several
city governments are making the commitment to shift
to green energy providers. Santa Monica, CA was the
first. The Mayor of Waco, TX has pledged to meet 25%
of their needs from renewables, as four large wind
turbines go on-line this month. The City of San Diego
is considering a proposal to go 100% green power —
and get a cost reduction as well! Call and ask
your city council to look into this option.
People
often ask what they can do to support The GENI Initiative.
This is an easy call that all of us can make. In
doing so, you will help clean
the air, reduce
groundwater pollution and greenhouse
gas emissions. That's a major contribution
to the planet. Please consider doing this as soon
as "green electricity" is available in your area.
In partnership
for the planet,
Peter Meisen
President
p.s. Attached
is the Earth
Day Clean Energy Agenda. There's always more that
you can do in your home, school, workplace and
community.
Keywords
: Green Energy - How about your city?- sustainable
development, global energy network institute, international
electricity transmission, grid, power, environmental
educational programs, peace, zero population growth.
