Lately I’ve noticed Green bank loans on the rise and Steve, a Greenfoot reader, recently emailed me a link to the company he works for called Sportzmortgage, which provides a green mortgage called Green options.

He says that for every Green Options mortgage settled, Sportzmortgage contributes an initial donation to a registered carbon offset provider, followed by an ongoing payment for the life of your loan. For every $100,000 of loans settled, Green Options plants 25 trees via an accredited carbon offset provider. Planting continues at the rate of 20 trees per year per $100,000 of loans settled for the life of the loans.

Interested? Check out the website. Has anyone ever gotten a green loan before? If so let us know your thoughts.

I love a good punt! Well not really. But with the federal budget so close I can’t help but take a punt on how many times Peter Costello mentions climate change in his speech.

So far in every budget he has failed to do so, will he mention it this year? Who knows, take a punt now.

View the Costello speech Greenpeace would like to see.

If you could choose to fund the development of a polluting coal fired power plant or a company producing clean, renewable energy which one would you choose? I know which one I would choose and that is why I am questioning what my super fund is doing with my money. Most people have a super fund yet they probably don’t realise how ethical their investments really are. (more…)