Go for the Green!
the problem:
The whereabouts of my community and my environment are two aspects of extreme interest to me. I believe that the world can be changed – one step at a time. That is why I am attempting to make my small town (with a population of just over 300) of Slickville, PA more energy efficient by switching from incandescent to compact fluorescent light bulbs.
I have already constructed a pamphlet informing the community of the benefits of this change – but to truly impact their decisions I found it would be more beneficial to add coupons from surrounding stores for these light bulbs. Since coupons are now “out-of-date,” the idea of actually adding a compact fluorescent light to the pamphlet came to mind. By giving each household a light it would solidify my proposal by already providing the bulb instead of merely a coupon; however this does not come without expense.
I have already sent out numerous emails and countless letters to local vendors of the needed light bulbs and their headquarters, and some (mainly Home Depot) have made an offer of a discount, but I still am unable to attain enough money.
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Comments
Great idea. I wish I had time to do what you are doing!
After seeing the movie "The 11th Hour" I believe the government should get involved and change the way business sell products. Such as; the government should ban all regular lightbulbs which would force everyone to use the energy saving bulbs. That also goes for banning plastic bags, plastic containers which are not the appropriate "number 1 or 2" containers, etc, etc