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The EPA has developed tools to help individuals (and households) reduce greenhouse gas emissions and take action. Businesses and organizations interested in educating their employees and members about what they can do at home to help protect our climate can also use these tools.

Use this online calculator to obtain an estimate of your personal greenhouse gas emissions or your family’s greenhouse gas emissions. Then move on to the next section of the calculator to explore actions you and/or your family can take to lower your emissions while reducing your energy and waste disposal costs. For each action you choose to take, the calculator displays the amount of emissions you could avoid and how that amount relates to your total emissions.

It is quite fascinating! Check it out here: US EPA Emissions Calculator

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With the rise in general public interest in issues like climate change, alternative energy, green purchasing, etc., it’s no surprise that investors are starting to look for ways to tap into this trend. In many ways, they are following the rise of green marketing, as large consumer products companies and others increasingly vie for the dollars of consumers who want to direct their purchasing toward more environmentally-friendly products and services – where the ad dollars go, investors will follow.

For many investors, online media models are something with which they have some familiarity, so online green media and green purchasing tools have been getting some VC attention lately (as VentureWire covered last month). While some such investments haven’t been publicized yet, VentureWire reported this past week that Joel Makower’s Greener World Media has raised over $250k in seed financing from seven angels, including Andrew Shapiro of GreenOrder, Lisa Gansky of Ofoto, and others.

SOURCE: AlwaysOn: The insider’s network

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