The ever helpful and creative ReadyMade website explains step-by-step how to carve a Halloween pumpkin, and to add a green twist to the project, they have supplied a downloadable carving template to turn your pumpkin into a CFL pumpkin [please note: download is a pdf].

Here are a few more tips to make your jack-o-lantern even greener:

Grow your own pumpkin (too late for that this year, but don’t forget to plant your Halloween pumpkins next spring) or buy a locally (and preferably organically) grown pumpkin.  If you’re a townie, try your local farmers market.

Don’t throw away what you scoop out of your pumpkin.  Make soup or a pie from the flesh and roast the seeds.  If you don’t eat them, then at the very least, compost your pumpkin’s innards.

Use a soya candle in your Halloween pumpkin.  Soya candles burn cleaner and last longer (it is a CFL pumpkin after all) than regular candles.