Fri 27 Mar 2009
Spend an hour for our Earth!
Posted by Nicole under News & Events
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You may have heard about “Earth Hour” – it was started in 2007 by the World Wildlife Fund and indeed is a pretty cool idea: http://www.earthhour.org/home/ Basically, it’s a chance for all of us, globally, to make a statement about our concern for our planet.
On Saturday, March 28 (tomorrow), at 8:30 pm…..turn out all your lights for an hour. I like to take it a step further and say….Turn out all your lights and then go outside for a nature walk! Grab the kids, grab some friends, and go outside. Your eyes will adjust pretty quickly to the night and your ears will be attuned to night sounds like the rustling of leaves and calls of owls in the distance. That time of night can be pretty amazing as daytime birds are settling down and night time animals are starting to wander about, stars are making their appearance and so on.
From a satellite, the impact of our turning out our lights can be seen and that’s pretty cool but also, this year you can go to the Earth Hour website and ”cast your vote” to demonstrate that you’ve taken action. The organizers are hoping to have 1 Billion people participate in Earth Hour and register it on their website.
One Planet, One Future.
