Anyone who's been following the Live Earth Movement (or had any exposure to the avalanche of the greening of consumerism in recent months) is probably already an expert in Essential Skill #3 in the Live Earth Global Warming Survival Handbook:
Replace a lightbulb.
Compact fluorescent lightbulbs not only last longer than incandescents, but also use 75% less energy. That translates into a savings of $30-50 per bulb throughout its lifetime. Just be sure the CFL's you buy are Energy-Star approved. And instead of tossing those incandescents into the trash, hold onto them in case of emergencies.
If you want to see how we're changing the world "one bulb at a time," go to One Billion Bulbs. Their goal is to keep track of every lightbulb changed all over world. (They even have a map that lets you see how many have been changed in your state and/or country.) Of course, the key is us letting them know. So act now, and tell One Billion Bulbs how many you've replaced. Best of all, they'll calculate your savings for you - in dollars and in CO2.
For instance, we've replaced 7 60-watt incandescents with 7 13-watt CFL's. Every year, that's a savings of $48.90 and 686.89 pounds of CO2! (Numbers that will probably double once we finish replacing ALL our bulbs this week. )
We hope you'll do the same.
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You don't realize how many lightbulbs you actually use until you start going around the house trying to replace them all. We'd already replaced 7 incandescents with CFL's, but this week replaced another 18! (And we're still 6 short, not counting the special size we need for our chandelier.) We went to www.OneBillionBulbs.com again to calculate our new total of savings. Are you ready for this? It's big -- we're now saving $171.96 and 2,415.58 pounds of CO2 ... EVERY SINGLE YEAR!
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