With daily life going on, one thing that is sometimes over looked is “how can I impact the environment.” We become caught up in the day to day and do not take the time to think about what we can do to change the world. Earth Day is one day to really reflect on what you have done in the past year and what you want to do to help.

This may seem like a daunting task, however the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is committed to helping people learn about how they can integrate saving the planet into their everyday lives. The EPA is announcing “ENERGY STARs Across America” – a nationwide, grassroots effort to help families learn about energy saving actions they can take in their homes and communities that will help protect the climate.

There are more ways than you realize to help out and get involved:

• Take the ENERGY STAR Pledge
• Find an energy efficiency event near you with the EPA’s ENERGY STARs Across America map
• Enter the Be an ENERGY STAR Video Challenge

ENERGY STAR helps you with ways that you can help change the world. Last year Americans, with the help of ENERGY STAR, saved over $18 billion on their energy bills while reducing greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of 33 million vehicles. We need to do whatever we can to make 2011 even bigger and better!

Changing out an incandescent light bulb for an energy efficient option is a great way to start making a change. So, get out there this Earth day and take the ENERGY STAR pledge! With ENERGY STAR, changing the world is easier than you might think.

Two weeks from today on Wednesday, October 1st, ENERGY STAR kicks off it’s annual “Change-A-Light” campaign, which encourages people to switch from inefficient incandescent light bulbs to more efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs).

This year the folks at ENERGY STAR have made some changes to the program, and are calling the campaign “Change the World – Start with ENERGY STAR“.  While October 1st is still “Change a Light Day”, the new program is more robust and expands beyond lighting to include the all kinds of ENERGY STAR products that reduce energy and result in a carbon reduction.

Did you know that if every American took part in the ENERGY STAR pledge we would save $18 billion in energy costs and save green house gas emissions equivalent to 18 million cars by simply switching your incandescent light in for and ENERGY STAR CFL, or installing a programmable thermostat or enabling your computer to power down automatically?

TCP, Inc. has joined with millions of Americans in the flight against global warming by encouraging individual actions that can make a big difference in reducing energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions. TCP, Inc is the leading manufacturer of Compact Fluorescent light bulbs.

Lighting still remains the easiest and most cost effective change people can make.  TCP, Inc has set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 38,985,000 pounds by for Earth Day 2009. Help us exceed this goal by taking the ENERGY STAR Pledge today.  You can also share your energy-saving story to inspire others to take the pledge.

Together we can make a difference!