Molokai - one of the largest islands in the Hawaiian archipelago - is a popular vacation spot, with the Honolulu lights visible across the water at night. Now, the night lights of Molokai might soon be perceptible to surrounding islands thanks to an upcoming project that will distribute more than 90,000 energy-saving light bulbs across the island.

The Go Green & Carbon Clean Project, sponsored by the Blue Planet Foundation, will provide compact fluorescent light bulbs to homeowners and business owners on the island, reports the Molokai Dispatch. The projects is a result of a longstanding partnership between the foundation and Molokai teachers who started a student project to determine the impact of the rising sea level on local life.

The project resulted in a community-wide desire to take on further energy efficiency initiatives. Blue Planet was happy to help. "We're really excited for Molokai and want to see them achieve [energy efficiency]," Francois Rogers, Blue Planet special projects director, told the source.

As part of the Go Green & Carbon Clean Project, Molokai students will create posters and fliers about the harm of carbon emissions and distribute them across the island. Then, the CFL bulbs will be made available for residents in exchange for incandescent light bulbs.

The source predicts that residents who take advantage of this project will save $20 to $40 a month, and up to $200 overall per CFL bulb used.

The project comes in time to help island residents switch their lights before traditional bulbs are contraband in the U.S. The American ban on incandescent light bulbs will take effect in 2012.