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NEWS OF
THE MONTH: Turn Off Your Electricity During Earth
Hour Later This Month
We start off the month of March with some exciting news
to help raise awareness about global warming, while cutting back on it at the
same time. Get your calendar's and daily planners out because Earth Hour is
March 29, 2008. As much as I would love Earth Hour to be a full hour in which
we all get naked and roll around in the mud, it's even better. Earth Hour is a
worldwide event in which people turn off all electric devices for a full hour.
It started in Sydney, Australia last year, in which 2.2 million people ceased
all electricity usage for a full hour, and has now caught wind in Perth,
Canberra, Brisbane, Atlanta, San Francisco, Chicago, Phoenix, Dublin, Ottawa,
Montreal, Vancouver, Toronto, Copenhagen and Bangkok. Everybody is invited to
participate, with the ultimate goal being that every city around the world
takes an active part in Earth Hour. Now, this doesn't mean each city is going
to turn off the power grid. It means there is plenty of interest from
residents in these participating cities and that certain iconic buildings will
be going into blackout mode, including San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge,
Chicago's Sears Tower and the CN Tower in Toronto. Residents are urged to turn
off all non-essential electric items and lights for one hour starting at 8 pm
on Saturday, March 29. So get your soy candles out. And I dare you to do it
for longer than an hour!
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