Have you signed up for Earth Hour?

[Lex]

Take a peek:

Earth Hour 8-9pm 3.29.08

[0007]

1. I will agree to the following rules for Earth Hour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour

Earth Hour is an international event that asks households and businesses to turn off their lights and non-essential electrical appliances for one hour on the evening of March 29th at 8PM local time to promote electricity conservation and thus lower carbon emissions.

It is promoted by World Wide Fund for Nature Australia (WWF), an environmental lobby group, and the Sydney Morning Herald. The first Earth Hour was held in Sydney, Australia between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on 31 March 2007. The 2007 Earth Hour is estimated to have cut Sydney's mains electricity consumption by between 2.1% and 10.2% for that hour, with as many as 2.2 million people taking part. A second Earth Hour, in 2008, is planned to be an international event held in Sydney, many partner cities, and individuals around the world participating.

More at the link above.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. 5-6 pm Left Coast...

be there or be square!

[0007]

3. ......ain't many squares in California, man!

MOstely far out cats', 'eh?

[Lex]

5. Local time is cool too though . . .

per the site

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.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. makes sense now...

It wouldn't really have much of an impact, turning the lights out
when the sun is still shining outside.

Thanks! :hi:

[gateley]

4. Well I have now -- thanks! nt

[kestrel91316]

7. Gonna do it for the evening - candles and lamplight,

good book and maybe do some writing, cup of tea, laptop use if the whim strikes me (battery only). Not terribly different from most evenings, lol, except for not using my living room electric lights (CFLs of course).

[gateley]

8. Oops - forgot to recommend!

I'm sure a lot of people would like to know of this or be reminded. Thanks again!!

[Lex]

9. Thanks. If it gets on the Greatest page

maybe more folks will see it and participate. :thumbsup:

[gateley]

10. My thoughts exactly! nt

[lovuian]

11. I'm signed

:woohoo:

[Peanut Butter]

12. COOL-Thank you for posting this

Id K&R But I'm a newbee :(

[gateley]

16. Hi, Peanut Butter --

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[SidDithers]

13. Thanks for posting this...

I posted about it back in January, but my thread died a fast and painless death.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2734888&mesg_id=2734888

I'm happy to kick and rec yours :)

Sid

[gateley]

17. January!

We've had countless political world shaking events since then! You must remember our attention span here! :7

[alittlelark]

14. Our local progressive talk station (Green 960) is all over it.

We are signed up and ready to meet the darkness....with candles and wind up lights.

[Lex]

21. neat

:thumbsup: on your local progressive talk station!

[Shine]

15. Too bad I'm gonna be in Las Vegas this weekend!

Seriously, we've got tickets to see the comedian Danny Gans that same night.

Bummer, cuz otherwise, I would've totally done this.

Great idea, I hope it gets lots of media attention.

[gateley]

18. At the link the OP provided,

there's a vid of the first one in Australia last year -- BIG news and it said that over 2,000,000 people participated. I don't think we're getting that much coverage here, though. Australia was really promoting it big time.

[earth mom]

19. K & R! nt

[Lex]

20. thanks for the kick

:kick:

[Pastiche423]

22. Signed up!

[Lex]

23. excellent!

:thumbsup:

[Joey Liberal]

24. Love it and passing it along! n/t

[gateley]

25. Kick.

[gateley]

26. GREAT YouTube spot --

Thanks to babylonsister!

And please recommend if you're so inclined so as many people as possible get a chance to see it. Mother Earth says :yourock:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=111656&mesg_id=111656

[InvisibleTouch]

27. Yup. :) n/t

[lonestarnot]

28. I was just wondering when that was supposed to happen!

Thank you.

[Kool Kitty]

29. Yes, I did.

[Matilda]

30. "A Movement that spans the World".

From the Sydney Morning Herald:


"FELLOW electricians Justin McInerney and Tony Bautista have never met, and probably never will, but the pair are playing their part in Earth Hour tonight.

Eighteen hours apart and on opposite sides of the world they will throw the levers that turn off the lights above their cities' great bridges, as the event sweeps through 35 nations at eight o'clock local time tonight.

In San Francisco,
Mr Bautista will turn off the lights above the Bay Bridge, the busiest in the US. It will signal the 60-minute shutdown across the city, from the Golden Gate Bridge, to City Hall and at least 70 buildings in San Francisco's financial district, as well as other tourism landmarks.

In Sydney, the darkened Harbour Bridge will be joined by the Opera House, dozens of city skyscrapers and hundreds of thousands of homes."

http://www.smh.com.au/news/earth-hour/earth-hour-tonight/2008/03/28/1206207407988.html

It's 8.00 pm in Sydney, and I must turn out the lights and light the
candles!

[mcg]

31. Google's black look, promoting Earth Hour

http://www.google.com/
"We've turned the lights out. Now it's your turn - Earth Hour."

http://www.google.com/intl/en/earthhour/

I've noticed at more than one work place that lights are left on needlessly.
Businesses should become more aware and take steps to save electricity.

[Lex]

32. That is so cool!

Thanks. :thumbsup: