Marathon Ontario Blog

Most of us have seen seasonal LED strings in the past couple of years, either on store shelves or hanging from neighbour's houses and trees. They're the brighter, better holiday lights that not only look more colorful and vivid, but also use about 95% less electricity than your old incandescent-style light strings.

Oh my goodness, I can't say thank you enough to Jocelyne and Antje for helping us Porchlighters out this coming weekend. You guys are the bees knees!

Marathon, get ready for some energy efficient Christmas lights -- coming your way on Sunday at the Canadian Tire. Bring in an old string of lights for a new & improved LED string. And have a cup of coffee while you're at it!

The Eagles Hockey team in Marathon can arguably eat pizza faster than any group of people I've ever met.

And they're not too shabby at delivering bulbs, either!

Not only are these fellows excellent sportsmen, they're totally community oriented. What could be better for an evening of bulbifying?!

One Change is undertaking a special energy-saving initiative this holiday season, with a Seasonal Light Exchange to take place at retail stores across Ontario. We need volunteers in the locations listed below to make it happen!

Hey there, Marathon!

Have you heard about the Eagles hockey team?

They will be going door-to-door on November 7, handing out free energy-efficient bulbs to as many homes as possible.

Keep an eye out for those green fluorescent bags -- it's a sure sign you're on your way to energy conservation!

High fives to the Eagles for their contribution to the Porchlight campaign.

Project Porchlight is coming to your community!

This award-winning energy efficiency campaign works from the grassroots in communities across Canada, spreading the message that simple actions can make a big difference when it comes to helping the environment.

Your students and staff can give us a hand!

We've brought on a number of field staff to help ensure that our distribution campaigns are going smoothly out there in communities across Ontario.

Edison's dimming bulbs. An interesting piece from Slate on consumers and the gradual move from incandescent to CFL technology, and the role governments and retailers are playing in this migration.

Hundreds of regular folks have volunteered with Project Porchlight, delivering energy-saving CFL lightbulbs in their neighborhoods, to their social circle, at community events. But there's lots of Porchlight bulbs to go around, and we need your help to get them out there!

Get ready, Marathon!

There's an action packed Porchlight bulbification organized for Wednesday, November 7. Come join the fun!

The Triple A Hockey Team, Superior Eagles, will be going door-to-door delivering bulbs on Wednesday evening, November 7.

There's over 1,000 CFLs to hand out to households across Marathon and we want you to be part of the action!