Project Porchlight Blog
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On November 22nd, the tireless Project Porchlight team and volunteers in New Jersey held a successful bulb blitz in Cranford, NJ — even Nelson Dittmar, Chair of the Cranford Environmental Commission, is raving about it! In fact, he even wrote to local community newspaper, the Cranford Chronicle, to talk about Porchlight’s success in the community and to thank the local volunteers.
His letter to the paper highlighted how 75 volunteers successfully distributed more than 1,500 free compact fluorescent light bulbs. “I am very grateful to the members of the community who contributed their time, energy, and enthusiasm,” said Mr. Dittmar. “They received a very positive response in the neighborhoods they visited while giving out the light bulbs.”
He also warmly thanked the Project Porchlight team, writing that “they were passionate, well informed, and very well organized”. Go team, go!
Mr. Dittmar, the Porchlight staff and our local volunteers in Cranford helped to show people how easy it is to save money and help the environment by making simple changes. In New Jersey, lighting is a significant portion of the electricity used in homes - nearly 20 percent! ENERGY STAR-qualified compact fluorescent light bulbs help reduce electricity costs since they use 75 percent less energy than incandescent light bulbs and last up to 10 times longer.
As a friendly reminder, Mr. Dittmar also urged everyone to recycle the bulbs properly either on Union County Household Special Waste Collection days or at all Home Depot stores.
On a parting note: any residents who would like to buy these bulbs at greatly discounted prices can go to an online store sponsored by the New Jersey Clean Energy Program at www.energyfederation.org/njcleanenergy. New Jersey residents can do their part to save energy, while saving money, and help fight global warming by taking small energy-saving steps at home. Take the ENERGY STAR Pledge by going to www.energystarcranford.2ya.com.
In Mr. Dittmar’s words: “Thanks again to everyone for their efforts!” And we couldn’t agree more
"The green thing? It really
"The green thing? It really began for me in the 70's when we planted our first garden. I started getting Organic Gardening and that got me even more interested. Then there were a number of years when I really let stuff slide. I was divorced in 1979, with two kids, and working for the first time in my life. "I've gotten more interested and active in our environment over the years since I had to retire. It began with supporting various charities that espouse what I think is important. I've browbeaten most of my family about it. My mother, who lives with my older sister, began recycling about 3 months ago. Same deal with my daughter and her family. My husband has been hard to persuade, too, and I frequently go through the 'trash' can in the kitchen to fish out stuff that goes in the recycle can. But, we're getting there. In the last few years, I've even convinced him to give up the 10-10-10 fertilizer we'd been using on the garden. We've gone organic with that, as well as using Neem oil for the bad bugs instead of Sevin spray. "The hardest part for me has been to actually DO it instead of just bitching about how Earth is changing, and placing blame with politicos and big business and the oil companies. Oh, they are culprits, but so am I. The easiest was the cfl bulbs. That's something that anyone can do. Do it one at the time or one room at the time.
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