Earth Hour 2007 was a Sydney, Australia event to fight global warming by saving energy and raising awareness. On March 29, 2008, Earth Hour goes global.
Just a few days left before Earth Hour—March 29, 2008. 8-9pm. Between now and then send a reminder to your blogosphere connections to participate. You can continue to remind people about conserving energy for the rest of the year too! Here’s how…
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Turn off the lights when you leave a room. Turn down the heat. Don’t waste fuel by idling your car. These and more tips to save energy and help the environment are second nature to most people by now. Yet many still wonder: I’m just one person. What can I do to fight global warming? Earth Hour began with this very question.
Sydney said, “On March 31, 2007, 2.2 million people and 2,100 businesses turned off their lights for one hour,” the Earth Hour website proudly proclaims. This marked a reported decrease of 10.2% in Sydney’s energy use in that hour, “…the equivalent of taking 48,000 cars off the road for a year.”
The movement grew
Global warming is big news, and a project as big as Earth Hour quickly drew attention.
People from anywhere in the world are encouraged to sign up, and specific activities and groups will be organized to “ring in” Earth Hour from 8:00-9:00 p.m. in most major cities on March 29 including:
* Adelaide
* Atlanta
* Bangkok
* Brisbane
* Canberra
* Chicago
* Christchurch
* Copenhagen
* Dublin
* Manila
* Melbourne
* Montreal
* Odense
* Ottawa
* Perth
* Phoenix
* San Francisco
* Suva
* Sydney
* Tel Aviv
* Toronto
* Vancouver
Check the website for time and details in your city on earthhour.org
Other objectives
The Earth Hour organizers recognize that one hour annually is “a symbol” rather than an action that will end global warming.
Their extended goals include educating the public about simple steps
that can reduce energy consumption and climate change, and taking part
in a year-long initiative.
Zero footprint one minute calculator
For your own personal carbon calculator see zerofootprint
hello, i see you picked up our post on earth hour. i was just informed yesterday that google went black! i wish i could have seen it when it happened.
this site looks cool and what you are doing looks cool too. stay in touch and let us know when you have new news on this or that!
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Posted by: PRand | April 04, 2008 at 01:40