Earth day 2012 brings awareness to Pendleton

Local vendors brought Earth Day awareness to Camp Pendleton, in front of the 11 area Country Store, April 18. Multiple booths were set up, providing valuable information for Marines and residents of Camp Pendleton.

“We use this day to have exposure to the Marines and public, and tell them what we are doing on base is lowering the overall energy consumption,” said Sidney Mohseni, the resource efficiency manager at Tetratech.

Pendleton showed its commitment to lowering energy use by beginning to change all of the incandescent light bulbs to compact florescent light bulbs. Approximately 77 percen...