Fluorescent Lights

From LIPA:

Compact Fluorescent Bulbs...Good For You. Good for the Environment.

Did you know, if every homeowner on Long Island changed just one incandescent bulb to a CFL, it would be like removing 52,942 cars from our roads per year?

FACT: The energy used in the average home can be responsible for more than twice the greenhouse gas emissions of the average car. When you use less energy at home, you reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and help protect our environment from the risks of global climate change.

Remember, saving energy helps prevent pollution. On average, each ENERGY STAR® qualified CFL can prevent more than 450 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions over its lifetime.

The Long Island Power Authority is participating in the 2007 "Change A Light, Change the World" campaign. The purpose of this program is to encourage the replacement of all incandescent lighting with energy efficient, ENERGY STAR qualified lighting. Find out more details about this program.

But there are some down sides to using CFL, as Jeff McIntire-Strasburg points out at Sustainablog

Energy Conference

The Energy Long Island 2007 Conference is set for Oct. 12-20. Energy Challenges of Today and Tomorrow. Little Theatre, Roosevelt Hall, Farmingdale State College. 631-420-2450.

Solar Seminar

FREE Solar Seminar Oct.23 7 PM

Curious about solar power? Want to know how you can generate your own electricity? Attend a solar power seminar. Learn all about solar at a seminar open to the public. Solar Seminars
Middle Country Public Library
Directions:
LIE to Exit 62N. Nicolls Road north to Route 25A or Middle Country Road, Turn right onto Middle Country and then left onto Eastwood Blvd. north. Library is on left

Farmers' Market, Yaphank

Project SOAR (Stewards of America’s Resources) will host fall Farmers' Markets every Tuesday through Nov. 20 near the entrance to the Suffolk County Farm in Yaphank. The market, which will be open 11:00 am to 1:30 pm, will offer salad greens, radishes, pumpkins, winter squash and corn, and later in the season-peas, chard, Asian greens, carrots, turnips, beets and a variety of herbs. Honey which is harvested by Project SOAR students will be available as well. For more information, call 631-300-5998.

The Suffolk County Farm is open to the public year-round at no charge. Stroll through the perennial and herb gardens; visit the animal yards and experience a century-old working farm.

Find other farmers' markets.