Can you turn out your lights for an hour? Join the world for Earth Hour 2009.
On March 28th, 2009 you can join the world in turning of your lights for one hour. Starting in Sydney Australia in 2007 and turning global last year Earth Hour is an opportunity for your one voice to join millions of others in making a very important statement. Sure, many naysayers will call this just another feel good hour in history, but in reality it is an opportunity to get millions to join in making a short impact on one day and hopefully then carry that impact on into the rest of their lives. We can make a difference one light at a time.
If you are wondering what you can do during an hour with no light, here is a list from the folks at World Wildlife Fund:
On March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm, tens of millions of people around the world will turn out their lights for one hour — Earth Hour — to demonstrate concern for our living planet and send a loud message to our leaders that they support action on climate change.
Here are a few ideas for things to do in the dark…by yourself or with others:
- Enjoy a romantic candlelit dinner with someone special using organic or sustainably grown food items.
- Invite friends and family over for a “lights-out” party and serve green-themed snacks and drinks—green tea or apple martinis anyone?
- Turn off the lights and power down the computer and cell phone. Use the quiet time to take a break from a “plugged-in” world by meditating or resting.
- Take a bubble bath by candlelight.
- Use the hour for practical tasks that you never seem to have time for.
- Test essential items in your emergency preparedness kit like flashlights, radios, and cell phones.
- Change out all your light bulbs to energy-efficient CFLs.
- Change the batteries in your smoke detectors.
- Think about how you would evacuate your house in an emergency in the dark.
- Invite friends over to play charades or Scrabble by candlelight.
- View the night sky via telescope–the reduced “light pollution” may make some stars more visible.
- Take photos of how you spent Earth Hour and upload them to the Earth Hour pages on Facebook, Myspace and YouTube. Keep it clean please!
