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 # Kiva's Earth Day Announcement: Green Loans! - By Care2 Trailblazers for Good

 

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 Apr 22, 2011 8:26 PM ET

 [Kiva's Earth Day Announcement: Green Loans!](http://bit.ly/eUZ7Nr)

This morning, on the occasion of Earth Day, I received some very exciting news! One of my favorite nonprofits, Kiva, a micro-lending website that enables anyone in the world to lend $25 to entrepreneurs and students, now has a new product offering - [green loans](http://www.kiva.org/green)! Kiva’s new web page states:

***Help people live sustainably around the world. Green loans promote clean and renewable sources of energy by funding organic fertilizers, stoves, drip irrigation systems, solar panels, biofuels, and more.***

With the new Green Loans, Kiva borrowers can use the loans for business or personal use. For example, a Kenyan Kiva borrower used his loan to purchase solar panels to electrify his rural home, while a Peruvian farmer used the loan to purchase organic fertilizer for his crops. [Kiva's press release](http://www.einnews.com/pr-news/391174-kiva-org-announces-green-loans-extending-its-global-microlending-marketplace-to-support-sustainable-businesses-reduce-energy-poverty-) lists a few other examples of Kiva Green Loans: loans to purchase renewable energy-generating devices, such as solar panels, wind power and biofuels; loans for transportation, including hybrid cars, converting cars to natural gas or purchasing a bicycle; loans for "green" home improvements, including more efficient heating methods or high-efficiency cookers/low propane gas stoves; and recycling-related loans, such as re-purposing or transforming used or recycled materials.

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