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These teens had a bright idea to save electricity.

• Generation Y
• Great Ideas

Give energy-saving lightbulbs to families in need: This was the bright idea of teenager Avery Hairston and friends at the Collegiate School in New York City, who started RelightNY in 2006.

Using donations from individuals and corporations, the teens buy compact fluorescent lightbulbs, which use less electricity and last longer than regular bulbs. Then they scout out residents of low-income housing projects who need the help. So far, they've delivered 21,000 bulbs.

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From Reader's Digest - May 2008

 

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