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Wondering what to give someone for the holidays? Tired of all the stuff piling up with no more space to put it? Down in the dumps over the economy without much extra cash to spend on gifts?

Well, Brighter Planet has just the solution for you: Give the gift of carbon neutrality for ONE DAY to someone you care about by offsetting all the carbon he or she would typically emit. Brighter Planet has calculated that the average American emits 136 pounds of carbon dioxide each day. Where does this come from?

• About 36 pounds come from driving, flying, and other travel.
• Another 22 pounds come from heating, cooling, and powering our homes.
• The final 78 pounds come from producing, transporting, and disposing of all the stuff we buy, and from shared services like schools and street lights.
• 136 pounds would fill 5,000 balloons — imagine releasing that every day!

For every participant, Brighter Planet will donate 136 pounds of offsets — the equivalent of one day’s worth of CO2 emissions (based on the estimated average American footprint of 24.78 tons).

Help Brighter Planet reach their goal by giving away 5,000 One Day gifts and offset 680,000 pounds of CO2. We’re close, but could use your continued support to get there. Click here to send a gift: http://oneday.brighterplanet.com/users/3844/passes/public/94J-U6Y.

To learn more about Brighter Planet and their carbon offsets, visit here.