Earth Hour is approaching quickly and in less than 24 hours, over 100 cities all around the world will turn off all non-essential lighting throughout the city. Cities participating in the event are from countries which include Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, Israel, Malaysia, Thailand and several other countries throughout the world.
So here’s the plan:
Taken from earthhour.org
On March 31 2007, for one hour, Sydney made a powerful statement about the greatest contributor to global warming – coal-fired electricity – by turning off its lights. Over 2.2 million Sydney residents and over 2,100 businesses switched off, leading to a 10.2% energy reduction across the city. What began as one city taking a stand against global warming caught the attention of the world.
In 2008, 24 global cities will participate in Earth Hour at 8pm on March 29. Earth Hour is the highlight of a major campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take the simple steps needed to cut their emissions on an ongoing basis. It is about simple changes that will collectively make a difference – from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty, to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.
So that’s in less than 22 hours to go for the folks in New Zealand and Australia. Compared to last year’s Lights Out event which took place on 31 March which only lasted 5 minutes, this year it’ll be bigger, better and will draw in bigger support in lieu of the world’s growing energy demands and global warming.
So it’s tomorrow, 29th of March 2008, 8pm local time. Off ALL electrical appliances, lights and anything else that runs on electric in your home.
P.S. It’ll not only help in telling all the industry polluters that global warming is getting bigger than we can manage but it’ll also help you save your electricity bill!! I’d say it’s totally worth it!
