Join Us For Earth Hour! March 29th, 2008

On March 31st of last year, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour. They called it “Earth Hour.” If the greenhouse reduction achieved in the Sydney CBD during Earth Hour was sustained for a year, it would be equivalent to taking 48,616 cars off the road for a year.

The goal was to inspire people to take action against climate change. And inspire it did! Unique events such as weddings by candlelight were reported and major Sydney icons like the Harbour Bridge and Opera House joined the movement by turning their lights off as well. The world took notice. Inspired by the collective effort of millions during last years event in Sydney, many major global cities are joining Earth Hour in 2008, turning a symbolic event into a global movement.

Earth Hour is March 29, 2008 from 8 - 9 PM

Five Things You Can Do:

Join us! Turn out your lights for one hour on 3/29/08 from 8-9pm.
Spread the word. Tell your friends, family, community members, & businesses.
Host a Earth Hour party by candle light. Invite others over for Earth Hour. You can have food, drinks, board games, a barbecue, all by candlelight!
Use the time to discuss other ways to reduce your carbon footprint. Whether it be replacing your light bulbs or car pooling - there’s a lot you can do.
Use the time to replace your standard light bulbs with energy-efficient compact fluorescent bulbs.

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2 Responses to “Join Us For Earth Hour! March 29th, 2008”

Citizen_Tom
March 17th, 2008 at 12:57 am
It’s a shame there is no event in Paris!!

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PetMono
March 17th, 2008 at 8:18 am
epiphany,

these two sites will make an announcement and we will observe too. designapplause is putting up a post on zipcar.com which aims to help by taking cars off the road.

http://petmonologues.com
http://designapplause.com

thanks for reminding us!

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