Project Porchlight Blog

The lights on the Calgary Tower are literally turning green this Sunday. Not in celebration of St. Patrick's Day next week, but to celebrate the successful conclusion of One Change's Project Porchlight campaign in Alberta. More than 4,000 Project Porchlight volunteers delivered over 800,000 energy-efficient compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs to residents across the province.

Now that’s a cause to celebrate!

Volunteers and supporters from all over Alberta have been invited to see the 'green' Calgary Tower and to be honoured at a volunteer celebration event hosted by One Change. Volunteers will be thanked by Alberta's Minister of the Environment, the Hon. Rob Renner; The City of Calgary’s Deputy Mayor, Brian Pincott; and EnCana Corporation's Executive Vice President of Corporate Relations, Gerry Protti—sponsors of Project Porchlight. The evening’s entertainment will feature Grammy-nominated pop-country darlings Emerson Drive, along with several other star performers. The celebration will be emceed by comedian and television star Mag Ruffman.

For the past two years, volunteers from community groups such as 4-H, Boy Scouts, Alberta Junior Forest Wardens, Rotary, Kinsmen/Kinette, church groups, and hundreds of individuals traveled door-to-door, school-to-school, church-to–church, and community-to-community handing out free CFL bulbs, helping Alberta residents reduce their ecological footprint and save millions of dollars in reduced energy bills.

One Change is now developing a water conservation campaign and hopes that all of our Alberta volunteers will again lend a hand with the next 'one change'. Plans will be announced soon! For current news on One Change campaigns and events, please visit onechange.org.

Simple actions matter!