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Buy
Renewable
Energy
Step One: reduce
your demand!
Renewable energy makes much
more sense when your overall electricity demand is reduced
through conservation. If your monthly consumption is
closer to 500 kWh instead of 1,000, then an investment in
renewable energy will bring you that much closer to energy
independence.
Step Two:
buy green power
Now it is easier than ever to purchase renewable power for your
home. In reality, when you purchase a block of green
power, it isn't actually delivered to your door. Your purchase
is a guarantee that green power will be purchased and entered
onto the grid, thereby offsetting the need for coal or nuclear
power.
Consider it part of your
contribution to a healthy environment and a
 statement
of your opposition to the blind acceptance of a nuclear future.
- Green Tags (operated by the
Grey Bruce energy cooperative) http://www.greentagsontario.com
- Pembina Institute's Green
computers program (referral)
- Bullfrog Power http://www.bullfrogpower.com
- Select Power http://www.selectpower.ca
Step Three:
Join a community cooperative
- Toronto -- Windshare
http://www.windshare.ca
- Grey Bruce
- Kingston
See the
Ontario Sustainable Energy
Association for more information
Step Four: invest in your
own system
 From
downtown to cottage country, there are ways that you can start
to generate your own power, either as a back-up for power
failures, to become self-reliant, and even to feed into the grid
as a producer.
- Be passive.
Passive systems are the cheapest way to go solar. Heat
- Audit your home.
It's a simple step that will start you on the road to energy
savings and a more comfortable home. See our
winter heating page for
information.
Links and
Resources
Photos on this page are courtesy
of the Ontario Clean Air
Alliance. The two pictures of the Toronto wind turbine
were taken by John Wellner.
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