Mother's Day is May 8. If you still haven't found that perfect gift for Mom, look no further. I've found it. I found a gift that helps fight global warming by offsetting the impact of your Mom's carbon dioxide emissions. If you're not sure the impact your Mom is having on the environment, grab her energy bills, look up the fuel efficiency of her cars, then calculate her greenhouse gas emissions with this carbon footprint calculator. Or, if you're afraid you'll give it away, just use the U.S. average. The average household in the United States using electricity and staying warm produces about 12 tons of CO2 emissions each year.

Now, go to NativeEnergy.com and purchase a WindBuilders Gift Membership starting at One Ton for just $15! Your money will help "plant" a new wind turbine and its clean, renewable energy will reduce the use of fossil fuels to create electricity, offsetting the global warming pollution created by your Mom. Buy your Mom a 12 ton gift certificate and she'll have the same impact on global warming as powering and heating her home with wind for a whole year! ($144)

The main WindBuilders page has 12, 8, 6 and 1 ton gift certificates. 8 tons is the equivalent of keeping one SUV off the road. So, if your Mom drives one of those nightmares, buy her 8 tons then send her to the Sierra Club web site. If Mom likes ice cream (and who doesn't?) and you're cheap (and who isn't?), buy her the WindBuilders 1 ton Gift for $15 and she'll get a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Remooable Energy
NativeEnergy also offers "remooable energy" - renewable farm methane projects in PA and VT that you can buy into. These projects capture methane from cow manure and other organic waste and use it to produce electricity. If your Mom has a good sense of humor, help finance one of these projects in her name. I guarantee she'll love the cow.