Green Guerrillas

I have often wondered about guerrilla gardening, the act of covertly greening up a disused lot with a few sunflowers to provide something more aesthetically pleasing than a pile of rubble. A group in Sydney have taken the idea of covert environmental activism a little further and are going around changing inefficient light bulbs for compact fluorescents. They have spent the last six months targeting car parks, housing complexes, motels, public toilets and restaurants.

This goes beyond changing your own lifestyle to help the environment and saves other peoples' money through lower power bills. I imagine the altruism doesn't come cheap, though, with the costs absorbed by the group and the power bill savings made elsewhere. Still, I think they're doing a fantastic job. The New South Wales government had made energy efficiency packs of bulbs and shower heads available to homes but the response was very poor and the project was shelved. Perhaps the NSW government could make any excess packs available to the activists?

ABC News - Green guerrillas target Sydney

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