Palmetto, GA – May 3, 2011 – When it comes to environmental protection and sustainability, even little “acts of green” can make a huge difference.

With that message in mind – and in conjunction with the Earth Day Network’s 2011 theme, “A Billion Acts of Green” – Coweta-Fayette EMC recently celebrated Earth Day by donating a bird feeder and seed to Western Elementary School in Newnan.

“The small ways we show concern for our planet are just as important as the monumental acts,” said EMC Marketing Vice President Mary Ann Bell. “Eco-activism and related service projects can be a catalyst, regardless of size or scope. And inspiring children to be good Earth stewards definitely plants a seed for future environmental growth.”

In addition to community activities, cooperative personnel marked the 41^stannual Earth Day observance by wearing green and participating in office festivities. Free heating and cooling system tune-ups, green snacks, weather stripping, caulk, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and efficiency-related brochures were handed out to EMC members at all three Coweta-Fayette locations. Within the co-op, employees were encouraged to recycle aluminum cans and use environmentally-friendly Green Power EMC notebooks.

Coweta-Fayette EMC is a consumer-owned cooperative providing electricity and related services to over 74,000 member accounts in Coweta, Fayette, Heard, South Fulton, Clayton, Spalding, Troup and Meriwether Counties.

Green Power EMC, the statewide cooperative devoted to providing power to EMC members using renewable resources, is celebrating its 10^thanniversary. The first green co-op in the state, Green Power EMC continues to be the largest, with 24.3 MW of green energy produced from biomass (landfill and wood waste), low impact hydro and solar.