Tomorrow is Earth Hour! And just what the hell is Earth Hour, you may be asking.Earth Hour is a global initiative to “turn off the lights” in cities around the world for one hour from 8:30-9:30 p.m. (local time) on Saturday, March 28.
Earth Hour brings together a diverse group of community organizations to increase awareness of the impacts of climate change. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched Earth Hour in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million people and thousands of businesses turned off their lights for one hour. In March 2008 an estimated 36 million Americans joined the effort, with more than 400 cities and 50 million people participating worldwide.
So with your help and just an hour of unplugging we can reach a new record of participating households and businesses! And just think of all you could get done in that one hour when you aren't glued to the TV/computer! You could clean your bathroom (you know you need to!), have a candlelight dinner, play a boardgame, practice perfecting the horizontal shuffle, play with your dog or you can do what I plan on doing and have a beer (or 3) and cheers to those around the world doing their part to help better the environment.
For further information check out their website and join me on Saturday by turning out the lights!
Have a great weekend! We are going to be partying w/ the rents and sis. I see mucho margaritas in my near future!
12 comments:
I'm going to drive 20 miles to see a movie on a giant IMAX screen.
Does that help?
I CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh no! I didn't hear about this until today and I have been working on a big fundraiser to take place Sat night...won't be able to participate:(
But wait... it's during the Kid's Choice Awards...
We saw the commercial and B said, "Let's turn EVERY LIGHT IN THE HOUSE on during that hour!!!"
Just kidding. We'll do it.
Go Earth!
Most definitely doing this!
I'm going to go out in my front yard with two flashlights, hoping like hell I show up on a satellite image somewhere.
Also, criminals everywhere are planning the most fun hour of their lives.
Lights yes, laptop maybe. I certainly don't need anything else on my heiny that's for sure.
I love this idea!
Earth Hour officially ended in New Zealand 45 minutes ago and the country really went all out, count downs on all the major channels (granted we only have like 3 or 4 at a stretch) and all the McDonalds switched off their arches, and I sat in my lounge in the dark. Huzzah!
Woot. I did it.
I spent the hour partying with friends by candelight. It actually didn't stop post-9:30, but you know how that goes.
Boo I missed this, now I feel left out... can we do it again?
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