Hopefully you’ll be out enjoying the outdoors this weekend. Don’t forget though that it’s Earth Day Sunday. If you are out enjoying the outdoors, take along a trash bag and pick up some trash. Or reduce your impact on the environment by choosing not to drive a long way. You could even go out and buy some fluorescent light bulbs that save energy AND save money. Or just go get a free one…

Home Depot is offering a free compact fluorescent light bulb to the first 1 million people to swing by on Sunday. $12 million dollars in energy savings will result from this over the next year. That’s offsetting the carbon emissions of roughly 70,000 automobiles. You can also check out their site and tour the Eco Options Virtual Home. It’s a good way to find out what you can do to your existing home, or how to build a home that is more energy efficient.

So head to Home Depot and get you a free bulb Sunday. Or, just head out and buy a few of these anyway. I use them, and frankly, it’s nice not to have to change the bulbs all the time! Prices are actually dropping on these bulbs, you can get a 12-pack of them at Wal-Mart now for less than $20.