Honorable Mention From David Suzuki

mikew — Tue, 08 May 2007 10:05:43 -0700

When you talk about sustainability, David Suzuki is a name that often comes up in conversation. Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us.

Mr. Suzuki focuses on four program areas – oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and the Nature Challenge - the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that conserve nature and help achieve sustainability within a generation.

We were surprised (and quite honored) when we learned that Ledalite (specifically our Ergolight Technology) is featured on the foundation’s website. You can check it out here.

Banning the bulb?

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:00:00 -0700

There has been a lot of media chatter lately about banning the incandescent light bulb. California seems to be first up to bat with Democratic Assemblyman Lloyd Levine trying to have the bulb completely banned by 2012 – something he seems to have Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s support on.

Australia is also a front-runner in this effort having already announced plans to ban the bulb. Australia’s environment minister said the move could cut the country's greenhouse gas emissions by 4 million tons by 2012.

The incandescent light bulb obviously had its time and place, but there are many superior lighting alternatives today. As a producer of one of these alternatives, highly-efficient fluorescent lighting systems, Ledalite supports these recent initiatives and looks forward to more innovation for energy efficient lighting.

What are your thoughts?