Lets Turn Off Our Lights During ‘Earth Hour’
I just got an email from greenexchange.com regarding a world wide event called “Earth Hour”.
Green Exchange is proud to be a sponsor of Earth Hour, a global initiative designed to raise awareness about climate change and to demonstrate that by working together, we can make a difference.
On February 15th, Mayor Daley announced that Chicago is the official flagship city for this important worldwide event where for one hour Saturday, March 29th – from 8 p.m to 9 p.m. — residents, businesses, landmarks and organizations are being asked to voluntarily turn off their lights to reduce energy consumption.
I don’t know about you but count me in!
An hour of no lights is not bad as you think. You can still watch TV if you like, or have dinner with candle lights.
A small one hour worth of saved electricity may not seem a lot but if you multiply that by the number of participants, that’s definitely a lot. I just wish a huge number of families participate in this small effort. If you have a blog, and email list, an egroup, kindly help spread the word. I’m doing my share by blogging about this event, so what’s your share?
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5 opinions for Lets Turn Off Our Lights During ‘Earth Hour’
Julie F
Feb 22, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I’ll join in, but I doubt I can get the rest of my household to keep their hands off the switches. Maybe if I yell loudly enough…
noel
Feb 26, 2008 at 8:37 am
Thanks Julie for joining in. You can try to explain it to the rest of your household but worst case is you still can turn off your room lights.
Another idea is if you have those dimmer switches where you turn down the knob to dim the lights, then you can just turn it down for a while during the Earth Hour.
In any case, whatever contribution you do will be very well appreciated by mother earth.
Sun God
Mar 28, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I am from Chicago and because I think global warning is due to solar cycles and sun activity, I will be turning on every light and appliance I own to celebrate the fact that global warming is not man made.
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