First Lady Glenna Fletcher Celebrates Change a Light Day

First Lady Glenna Fletcher kicked off the ENERGY STAR^® Change a Light, Change the World Campaign by calling on every Kentuckian to replace at least one light bulb with one bearing the ENERGY STAR logo, which certifies products with high energy efficiency and low emissions that would help the environment and add up to big savings on energy. 

In Kentucky, if every household changed just one light, we would collectively save more than $7 million a year.  The campaign runs through November. 

The First Lady joined with students from three Kentucky schools and ENERGY STAR partners from around the state in signing the ENERGY STAR Change a Light Pledge.

• Press release
• More information can be found in the October 2005 edition of Kentucky Energy Watch

Governor Fletcher Proclaims October 5, 2005 to be Change a Light, Change the World Day in Kentucky!

The ENERGY STAR Change a Light, Change the World campaign is a national challenge sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy to encourage Americans to consider the energy they use and help change the world one light, one step, at a time.

Visit www.energystar.gov/changealight to learn more about this year’s campaign.

Kentucky NEED is the Kentucky affiliate of the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project.  The NEED Project is dedicated to comprehensive, hands-on energy education.  Students are presented with objective scientific explanations or energy in society.  Materials and activities are designed to promote an understanding of the economic and environmental trade-offs of energy consumption and production, so that students will be able to make education decisions in the future.  Kentucky NEED offers many opportunities for educators and students including:

• Educator and Student Energy Workshops
• NEED curriculum correlations to the Kentucky Education Standards
• Kentucky NEED Youth Awards for Energy Achievement
• National Energy Conferences for Educators

Contact: Karen Reagor, Executive Director
P.O. Box 176055
Covington, KY 41017
Tel: (859) 578-0312
Fax: (859) 578-0316
Email: kreagor@need.org