Incandescent light bulb | Be a Seed for Change

Choose the one that best describes how you spend your free time:
Working in my garden and tending to my lawn.

Lying on a beach or teeing it up on the golf course.

Playing in the snow or reading a book by the fireplace.

Playing video games or watching the latest blockbuster.

Enjoying a book on my e-reader.
Answer just a few questions like this and you’ll be on your way to getting cooler and smarter about carbon.
We’re calling it 20/20/20: Choose from 20 ways to make planet-friendly changes in your home, on the go, and with what you eat and buy, and in 20 days, you’ll be on the path to 20 percent less carbon. It’s like your own personalized carbon Couch-to-5k. And just like the Couch-to-5K challenge can help people trim pounds, the 20/20/20 challenge can help you trim carbon. And there’s plenty of carbon to lose—our day-to-day activities are pumping too much carbon into the air and it’s having a dangerous effect on our climate.
Odds are you’re already pretty cool and smart when it comes to your everyday energy decisions. But even the most carbon-conscious consumers can find easy ways to help save the planet—and save a little dough while you’re at it.
Find out how you can do your part by taking our 20/20/20 challenge and get a FREE sticker.

We’ve done the homework for you. For two years, our team of scientists did research and crunched numbers to come up with the most effective ways for people like you and me to combat global warming every day—and they even help identify what things we shouldn’t worry about. The answers may surprise you.
Don’t sweat the small stuff. Learn whether your choice in light bulbs or your driving habits make a bigger difference. Just a few easy changes add up fast—and if 20 of your friends do it… or 20,000… or 200 million…then we’re talking serious impact.
You’ve only got your carbon to lose. Thanks for being so cool and smart!
Sincerely,

Suzanne Shaw Co-author of Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living
P.S. Check out our infographic to see how your everyday changes scale up to big-time impact.

Congress is threatening to roll back a key energy efficiency victory our movement won in 2007. The “BULB Act” (H.R. 2417) attacks standards that would require new light bulbs to acheive higher efficiency levels – and it may reach a VOTE as early as Monday.

The BULB Act will COST American households $100 to $200 every year in missed energy savings. The bill’s sponsors claim that the lighting efficiency standard is an outright ban on incandescent bulbs. On the contrary, advanced incandescents meet efficiency standards and they have created 2,000 new American jobs.

H.R. 2417 is simply a lose-lose-lose proposition for America. It will COST us money, kill green jobs, and pollute our air. Please, use your influence to stop the attacks on this fundamental energy efficiency mandate. Write your Senators and Representative, speak out against the BULB Act.

Tell Congress to Protect the Cost Saving Light Bulb Efficiency Standard – Strike Down the BULB Act

Passage of the BULB Act will result in 100 million tons of unnecessary global warming pollution per year – the equivalent of putting 17 million additional cars on the road. The missed energy savings will cost Americans $12 billion every single year.

In 2007, light bulb efficiency standards passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, and with backing from the lighting industry. Even George W. Bush supported these energy saving measures.

If Congress pulls away from this fundamental efficiency mandate, WE will foot the bill and our planet will suffer the consequences. Please send a letter Congress today, advocating a NO vote on the BULB Act.

Send a Message to Congress Opposing the Threat to Light Bulb Efficiency Standards

We expect a vote on Monday, please send your letter today. Let’s make some noise and protect our planet!

Kathleen Rogers
President, Earth Day Network