Now everybody knows the state flower of Texas is the Bluebonnet, the state bird is the Mockingbird, and the Compact Fluorescent Light is the state bulb. OK, the last one was made-up. But what if every Texan switched to CFLs?

Lighten Up Texas is the statewide CFL campaign to encourage Texans to take the challenge and begin using CFLs today. Join Environmental Defense Fund, Wal-Mart, and the Mayor’s of Houston, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, San Antonio, and El Paso, to change a light in your home or business to CFL and start saving today.

Forget most of what you think you know about CFLs. Today’s CFLs are not your parents CFLs from say, even five years ago. The light from today’s CFLs is warmer, the bulbs are cheaper and more compact, they don’t flicker or hum, and today there’s a CFL for nearly every use, including recessed lighting, three-way lamps, track lighting, and porch lights. There are now even dimmable CFLs available for lights using dimmer switches. And, perhaps most important to many, CFL buyers who are put off by the spiral design, you can now get CFLs that look like a traditional light bulb.