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Earth Hour, Tonight, Participate


by turfgrrl


March 29th, 2008 · 14 Comments

Sorry for the short notice on this one, but tonight is Earth Hour. Earth Hour is one of those you can make a difference choose your own adventures. In keeping with my philosophy of environmentalism, Earth Hour is an attempt to get people all over the world to turn off the lights. And here’s the youtube clip:

The web site says:

On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.

Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe will turn out for Earth Hour. More than 100 cities across North America will participate, including the US flagships–Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix and San Francisco and Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

We invite everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m. (your own local time)–whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town.

What will you do when the lights are off? We have lots of ideas.

Join people all around the world in showing that you care about our planet and want to play a part in helping to fight climate change. Don’t forget to sign up and let us know you want to join Earth Hour.

One hour, America. Earth Hour. Turn out for Earth Hour!

And you can see a nice reduction in electricity consumption by unplugging all those chargers that feed the mobiles, cordless and wireless devices we all have. So ask NIKE says, just do it.

h/t JB

Tags: Connecticut · Energy

14 Responses so far “Earth Hour, Tonight, Participate”



  • 1 Anonymous // Mar 29, 2008 at 8:52 am

    Oh, please…

  • 2 Anonymous // Mar 29, 2008 at 11:35 am

    No lights, just campfires. Sit around one and sing “Kumbayah”

  • 3 Anonymous // Mar 29, 2008 at 11:46 am

    maybe we should start a home and care. The development project and connection on west street could be stalled if they find problems with mother earth there. The landfill at cresent st could be problems if not taken care of properly.Always looks good on paper but whats the deal there?

  • 4 Bones // Mar 29, 2008 at 1:08 pm

    All will be well once average person gets used to the new standard of living. A one room apartment in a grey building with a flickering energy saving bulb and 2 hours of hot water a week. The owls and snail darters will be very happy.

  • 5 Anonymous // Mar 29, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    Apparently, there are city governments and places of public accommodation that are participating by turning off street lights and other public illumination. I see it as a perfect opportunity for Burglars to get extra booty and for trial lawyers to make a killing on all the injuries that surely will be caused.

  • 6 Anonymous // Mar 29, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    Ah, yes… the Norwalk Inn will go dark, 93 East Avenue will go up in flames, and the mayor and all his cronies will huddle round singing “Goombaya.”

  • 7 Anonymous // Mar 29, 2008 at 6:23 pm

    Obviously, #6 is RAT. Hurling ethnic slurs to make a point is part of the RAT manifesto. This from the party that’s shoved ethic and racial sensitivity down our collective throats. But, as with Jeremiah Wright with the “garlic noses” comment and Jessie Jackson with his “Hymietown” remark, it seems that the sensitivity rules don’t apply to RATS.

  • 8 Anonymous // Mar 30, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    I turned every light in my house on and left them on all night.

  • 9 Anonymous // Mar 30, 2008 at 4:33 pm

    Thanks, Mr. Mayor. We all know the hybrid you’re driving was an election year scam…

  • 10 anonymous // Mar 30, 2008 at 6:31 pm

    I left the lights on in my office and office bathroom on all night. Wasn’t gonna waste my own money on the protest.

  • 11 Norwalker // Mar 30, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    I think Hybrid’s are a great idea and the Mayor started a trend. Darien is buying them for their administrative Police officers. When Disney studios were in Norwalk last year filming all of their people had to rent hybrids. More people should buy them so we all use less gas. I have one and get 50 mpg and wave at the gas stations as I drive by.

  • 12 fed up // Mar 30, 2008 at 11:17 pm

    for all Prius and other hybrid fans, do some research and see how much damage is done to the environment in the production of the batteries in your car, and their disposal when they can no longer be used.

    yeah, read the warnings on one of those screw-in flourescent bulbs should you break one and release its MERCURY content. Your house turns into Love Canal.

  • 13 Anonymous // Mar 31, 2008 at 8:53 am

    Hey, f***ed up is back from under his rock! Too bad he and his kind are going the way of the dinosaur and the repugnicant party in the next election. Buh-bye!

  • 14 Anonymous // Mar 31, 2008 at 9:20 am

    Here’s something to counter the right-wing disinformation machine:

    Greener Pastures for Car Batteries

    The carmakers are waiting in the wings. Toyota and Honda place decals with a toll-free number on their hybrid battery packs. Toyota offers a $200 bounty to ensure that every battery comes back to the company. In a press release, Toyota states, “Every part of the battery, from the precious metals to the plastic, plates, steel case and the wiring, is recycled.” Honda collects the battery and transfers it to a preferred recycler to follow their prescribed process: disassembling and sorting the materials; shredding the plastic material; recovering and processing the metal; and neutralizing the alkaline material before sending it to a landfill.

    Honda, Toyota and the entire auto industry are pumping millions of dollars into research regarding lithium ion batteries for tomorrow’s cars. Their primary motivation is to reduce the cost and increase the potency of hybrid batteries. Fortunately, supplanting lead and nickel batteries with rechargeable lithium batteries is also promising from an environmental perspective. Instead of clogging landfills with more toxic chemicals, hybrids—especially future hybrids powered by lithium ion batteries—may represent greener pastures for car batteries.

    From http://www.hybridcars.com/battery-toxicity.html

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