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Earth Hour is Today!
Posted 03-28-2009 at 03:30 PM by Whewt22
This year, for the first time, there will be a global election. On March 28th 2009 at 8:30 pm you can turn off your lights for 1 hour and vote against global warming as part of the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour.
The Earth Hour movement started in Sydney, Australia in 2007 when 2.2 million people turned off their lights for one hour. Last year it went global with an estimated 50 million people turning off their lights across the world. Some of the most recognizable monuments across the globe went dark like the Sydney Opera House, Golden Gate Bridge, and Toronto's CN Tower.
1,429 cities and towns in over 80 countries have pledged to flip the switch this year. The goal is to have one billion people participate so the numbers can be presented to world leaders in December at the UN Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen . The Conference will determine official government actions to combat global warming, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol.
The Earth Hour website Earth Hour is loaded with information about how to Vote Earth. You can watch videos, find lists of ways to promote Earth Hour and sign up to participate. Spreading the word about Earth Hour is the key ingredient to get everyone involved and since people don't have to buy anything, go anywhere unusual or do something strenuous participation should be a no brainer.
So on March 28th 2009 at 8:30 pm turn off the power, light a candle, play a board game, cuddle up, meditate, reflect on your daily energy consumption, or take a night stroll and maybe without the light pollution you will see the stars.
The Earth Hour movement started in Sydney, Australia in 2007 when 2.2 million people turned off their lights for one hour. Last year it went global with an estimated 50 million people turning off their lights across the world. Some of the most recognizable monuments across the globe went dark like the Sydney Opera House, Golden Gate Bridge, and Toronto's CN Tower.
1,429 cities and towns in over 80 countries have pledged to flip the switch this year. The goal is to have one billion people participate so the numbers can be presented to world leaders in December at the UN Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen . The Conference will determine official government actions to combat global warming, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol.
The Earth Hour website Earth Hour is loaded with information about how to Vote Earth. You can watch videos, find lists of ways to promote Earth Hour and sign up to participate. Spreading the word about Earth Hour is the key ingredient to get everyone involved and since people don't have to buy anything, go anywhere unusual or do something strenuous participation should be a no brainer.
So on March 28th 2009 at 8:30 pm turn off the power, light a candle, play a board game, cuddle up, meditate, reflect on your daily energy consumption, or take a night stroll and maybe without the light pollution you will see the stars.
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as if im turning off the lightsPosted 03-28-2009 at 04:03 PM by SilverShadow
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Sounds interesting, but no, I'm not doing it, ha, the time difference is too big...
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and there's little to do in the dark. it's hard to navigate around the house too.Posted 03-28-2009 at 04:06 PM by BlazeCommanderASCE -
The reason I'm not doing it is because I dont want to be lead around by the media. Free will FTW.Posted 03-28-2009 at 05:20 PM by PlasmaNova -
if I turn all the lights
that means that i have to turn off my PC too xD
hehePosted 03-28-2009 at 05:41 PM by memica -
hmz...i don't know why you guys think it's kinda funny...you know global warming is a problem but you guys never seem to take it serious :/Posted 03-28-2009 at 05:55 PM by CaptainRukiaKuchiki -
You are such a rebel Plasma, don't turn off your lights, bravo.
Anyways back to reality, you don't have to do anything Mems, an organization is just asking people to turn off their lights for an hour. Im leaving my computer on.Posted 03-28-2009 at 06:04 PM by Whewt22
Updated 03-28-2009 at 06:19 PM by Whewt22 -
You can do things that use batteries. Also candles are an option, you can read by flash light, work on your lap top unplugged, use your psp if you have one.
I'm finding how selfish and energy dependent people are on this blog. it's sad that you cant go one hour without it. Imagine if one day it was gone, and you were forced into dealing with it. Because the way we use power and evergy, that's not far off.
In China they have laws against what times of the day and night you're allowed to use certain things because of the energy crisis there. The same thing in both Koreas. NK has other more oppressive reasons why they do it, but the others no.
In times when you didnt have the tech available to you people worked and read and actually talked to one another, went to socials and so on. We don't do that now, instead we lock ourselves up with our gadgets and our toys.
One day, and it could be in your time, that will all be gone, and for more than just an hour. You wont have Time Zones to use as an excuse.
Kudos to Whewt for his blog, it's one of the best on here thus far.Posted 03-28-2009 at 07:59 PM by Sakechick
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