Going Green At Home - The Green Mortage

This week the Citizens Bank of Canada, in partnership with the Conservation Council of Ontario (CCO) and Green$aver, unveiled the Green Mortgage.

The partnership allows borrowers to match their environmental desires with their financial needs. We embrace the opportunity to help Ontarians conserve energy and reduce their environmental impact.

Each "Green Mortgage" holder will receive a blue curb-side recycling box containing ten compact fluorescent light bulbs, a registration rebate for a Green$aver Home Energy Audit worth $375, product samples, and coupons for trees, renewable power, car-sharing, and other environmental products and services.

As global warming becomes an increasingly more prominent and unavoidable issue, it's great to see clever, pro-active initiatives that encourage people to be environmentally responsible. Initiatives like the Green Mortgage are particularly positive because they provide people with the opportunity to 'go green' while simultaneously achieving their personal objectives, such as buying a house.

Well done, well done. We've come a long way in our thinking since the days when we thought not buying hairspray that had chloroflurocarbons was all that needed to be done at a personal level to save the environment.