Make the Switch and Unscrew America!

Global warming is the largest challenge that our species has ever faced on this planet. That we caused it just adds to the urgency to solve it. Unscrewamerica.org is a terrific initiative to light the way towards making all of us informed and involved in reducing our energy consumption saving resources and money. 

The website is terrific. It combines wit, animation and clever navigation to engage visitors to do their part in switching out old incandescent lightbulbs to more efficient options like LED's (light emitting diodes) or CFL's (compact fluorescent light bulbs). Read here about the comparison between incandescent vs. LED vs. CFL bulbs and download a free lighbulb comparison sheet.

The website says that according to Energy Star if every home in America changed just one regular incandescent light bulb to a CFL, the energy that would be saved would be enough to light more than 2.5 million homes for a year and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of nearly 800,000 cars. This cost savings means $3 billion in energy costs!