In general, amusement parks aren’t the eco-friendliest place to hang out. The thrilling rides are powered by electricity and plenty of trash piles up from all the fast food concessions. But in honor of Six Flags Great Adventure’s 35th anniversary this year, the park got a makeover, including one green update. The New Jersey amusement park’s The Big Wheel, which has been in place since day one in 1974, is now more eco-friendly.

The 15-story tall ride didn’t get any greener as far as what makes it go round, but it’s still saving power. At night, The Big Wheel features animated lights and 7,824 energy-saving LED light bulbs were installed. The now eco-friendly show will display flower petals, chasing rim lights and more. With the greener bulbs in place, Six Flags Great Adventure claims it will reduce about 8.5 million pounds of carbon emissions from the atmosphere, which is equal to taking over 72 cars off the road or planting more than 2,850 trees. We do wonder what happened to all those incandescent bulbs that got replaced though. Click here to read more

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After Earth Hour, it is high time to start thinking of a greener way to put light in you life! With the economic crisis it is also high time to save money. You might think going green is a necessity to protect the earth, but that it is expensive. Think again. Reducing electricity costs while protecting the environment is easy. A LED (light-emitting diode) light bulb which uses half the energy of a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL), contains no hazardous mercury or lead and lasts for up to ten years of daily use is exactly what you need.

The newbie we recommend is the new GeoBulb recently introduced by C.Crane. The Geobulb will soon be available on Greenzer, but in the meantime you can find it here. It uses only 7.5 Watts of power to produce as much light as a 60-watt incandescent bulb. No mercury or lead, the GeoBulb uses only about 10% of the power of incandescent bulbs and about half of a comparable CFL. It generates very little heat and is an eco-responsible way to light up your life. The GeoBulb costs Click here to read more

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Daily Greenz #51

In the day and age of instant gratification, even changing the world is getting to be a snap. 18 seconds is all it takes to change a regular light bulb for a compact florescent light (CFL) bulb, which can last up to 10 times longer, and save you and the world a ton of money and energy! These Energy Star bulbs use less energy and provide that same amount of light as a standard bulb. In fact, if every person in the U.S. switched just one bulb for a CFL bulb, it would altogether save more than $8 billion in energy costs, eliminate the need to burn 30 billion pounds of coal, and effectively remove 2 million cars’ worth of gas emissions from our atmosphere. So do your part in slowing down global warming by buying one from any local store that sells light bulbs or check out our lighting section to buy them online. Want to know how many others in the U.S. are buying CFL bulbs and changing the world, state by state? Visit 18seconds.org to see how your state ranks.

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