Who we are:
Green Light Sacred Heart is a partnership between the Sacred Heart Environmental Club and Green Light New Orleans, a local nonprofit that installs free energy efficient light bulbs (CFLs) in homes throughout the city. Because CFLs are 75% more efficient, these light bulbs save money and lower New Orleans’ carbon footprint. Green Light facilitates volunteer groups to install the bulbs and provide education about other ways to save money and live more sustainably.
Sacred Heart Environmental Club members were inspired to work with Green Light because it is an organization that has taken the initiative to make change happen. By working with Green Light, students of the Sacred Heart have had the enjoyment of helping people of different backgrounds and from different parts of the city reduce their carbon footprint, one light bulb at a time.
Our goal :
By partnering with Green Light New Orleans, students of the Sacred Heart will be involved in every step of the Green Light process, including education, volunteering, and fundraising. Our goal is to organize 3 volunteer days, during which we will install 30 homes in the New Orleans area. This will save $33,000 in electricity costs for homeowners, and 300,000 lbs of carbon! We hope to educate the Sacred Heart community and compel students to volunteer within the greater New Orleans area. Most importantly, we hope that the message of Green Light will encourage students to make these important changes for themselves.
Help Support our Goal!
There are several ways you can help us raise funds and support our goal! Click on the links below to find out more
• Make a donation: CLICK HERE TO DONATE!
• BuyGreenGiveGreen: Purchase CFL’s for your home. Profits support our goal! Read more
• 10,000 People for New Orleans: - 100 People for Green Light Sacred Heart
• Help us organize other fundraisers! If you have an idea or want to get involved, please contact Johanna at jgundlach10@ashrosary.org
• Volunteer! As one of our volunteer day chaperones you can participate directly in our project! Contact jgundlach10@ashrosary.org for more information
Did you know? 
• Installing just 1 CFL bulb saves
$45 and 447 lbs of CO2!
• If every household in the US replaced one incandescent light bulb with a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL), it would prevent enough pollution to equal removing 800,000 cars from the road!
• Lighting accounts for 20-25% of all electricity consumed in the United States- and may account for 25% of your electricity bill!