Home Energy Magazine Online: This Little Light of Mine
One Change's motto is Simple actions matter. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, One Change makes big change by keeping it light and simple. Its purpose is to encourage individuals to make small changes that can add up to big differences. The organization was founded in 2005 with Project Porchlight—a campaign to encourage people to switch over to compact fluorescent lights (CFLs) to save energy and money. The campaign has run in communities across North America and has engaged more than 12,000 volunteers.
In New Jersey, One Change partnered with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities on Project Porchlight to distribute a total of 1,360,042 CFL bulbs to more than 360 New Jersey communities. In total, the CFL bulbs distributed by Project Porchlight staff and volunteers will help remove 295,000,000 lb. of CO2 emissions from the air, which is equivalent to removing more than 55,000 cars from state roads.
Thanks to One Change and its Project Porchlight efforts, New Jersey residents will save more than $78 million on their electricity bills. Through their other successes in using simple methods of outreach, such as door-to-door campaigns, community building, and having fun, they show just how powerful a simple message of change could be when embraced by a community.
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