Filed under: Home , Local , Activism , Climate Change Thinking about climate change and global warming is can be so overwhelming. Sometimes I feel paralyzed, and just want to hide. Then I get reminded of the simple things people are already doing and I’m reinvigorated. Today, my encouragement came from the EPA, who are recognizing the almost two million people so far who pledged to switch a lightbulb on “Change a Light Day.” In the eight years since starting the “Change a Light, Change the World” campaign, we’ve saved $220 million in utilities bills, and prevented 3 billion pounds of greenhouse gases. Just by changing a single old fashioned light bulb to one of those funny looking CFL lightbulbs! That so easy , right? Building on the success of the light changing program, the EPA has a bigger — but still totally easy — challenge for us. Today they’re kicking off a new campaign, ” Change the World, Start with ENERGY STAR .” The individual actions you can pledge to do in this campaign are as simple as changing a lightbulb, and you’re probably already doing them at home and at work. Like what? Well, like checking to ensure all of the ducts in your home are sealed, or confirming that any new electronics, like a computer or fax machine, are ENERGY STAR rated. Even if you don’t take the pledge with the intent of reducing greenhouse gases, let’s get real: being energy efficient saves money, which we can all use now. If every household in America takes this pledge, even just to change a lightbulb, then we can collectively save more than 110 billion kilowatts hours of electricity, more than $18 billion in energy costs, and prevent the equivalent of 18 million cars worth of greenhouse gases! Ready to learn more and take the new, expanded pledge? Celebrate “Change a Light Day” by visiting the ENERGY STAR pledge site . Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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