How do you stop 25,000 tonnes of coal from being burned, prevent 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gasses from being emitted into the air and save $10,000 in energy costs? Install about 200,000 CFL bulbs. And that’s just one city.
The Project Porchlight Ottawa campaign is what got the whole thing started. Our goal was to get 200,000 households in Ottawa to change one inefficient incandescent light bulb to one energy-efficient CFL bulb. To do it, we provided the light bulbs free of charge (thanks to Hydro Ottawa, the City of Ottawa, and other partners) and delivered them door to door with our message of conservation (thanks to hundreds of fantastic volunteers). The result? We exceeded our goal by 20,000 bulbs.
Now we’ve taken the Project Porchlight campaign to communities across the country, from Guelph to Whitehorse to Calgary. By distributing one free CFL bulb to each household in Canada (our ultimate goal) we’re hoping to show Canadians that we can all take action on climate change. How far have we got? Closing in fast on one million bulbs!
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