Project Porchlight Blog

David Kobek recently finished overseeing the delivery of 2,100 CFLs throughout Grant MacEwan College College, and one of the first things he wants to know is whether Project Porchlight will be back again soon. “It was really fun,” says the fourth-year Business Management student. “It’s a great reason to talk to pretty much anybody on campus. And it’s a great cause so everybody gets into it.”

David organized the bulb blitz at his school through the Students’ Association’s Sustainability Service, for which he is the Sustainability Coordinator. He and a team of eight volunteers spread out across campus to distribute light bulbs to every student and faculty member they could.

“I went into Business because I wanted to do something like this,” says David. “I wanted to get into environmental issues.”

But before he graduates, David has a few other things planned for Sustainability Service. In February, he’s going to hold Leave No Trace, a sustainability-themed week in which students will be encouraged to leave all their recyclables in the appropriate bin—even if it means carrying that bottle or can a few extra blocks. “We’re trying to get student participation,” he says. “Even something as small as recycling a bottle or changing a light bulb, it all contributes to sustaining our planet and brings us one step closer to beating climate change.”