December Sleuth Challenge Winners

The Winners: Congratulations to the December Impact Sleuth Challenge Winners who each won two Green Your Phone Offset products- a total of four cell phone offsets: Stephanie Muirhead of Boulder, CO; Mickey Bush of Brighton, MA; Ellen Ewart of Powell, OH; Andrew Weigel of Cambridge, MA; and Anne Lee of San Francisco, CA. Congrats and Enjoy!

This Month's Challenge: Offsetting your cell phone and gadget energy usage is just one way to turn down your environmental impact. Simply leaving your electronics plugged in consumes an awful lot of power too. According to this Ideal Bite Tip, what percentage of the energy used to power home electronics is used while they are turned off, but still plugged in?

The Prize: We know you can't go without most of your gadgets; even if you unplug them while not in use to avoid phantom power loss, you're still consuming a bunch of energy. That's why Renewable Choice has teamed up with Best Buy to offer the Green Your Phone product, which offsets the electricity used to manufacture and use two cell phones for two years! Answer correctly and you could win two Green Your Phone products, a total of four cell phone offsets, one for you and three more for your friends and family! (retail value: $20)  Many thanks to Best Buy Mobile and Green Your Phone for sponsoring this month's challenge and prize!

The Answer: 40% of of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while they're turned off, but still plugged in. 

Thanks to everyone who participated- look for a new Sleuth Challenge next month!