Hi!
I searched the threads and didn't find a topic already about this so here it is...

EARTH HOUR

On March 28, 2009 at 8:30 p.m., local time, World Wildlife Fund is asking individuals, businesses, governments and organizations around the world to turn off their lights for one hour -- Earth Hour -- to make a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate their commitment to finding solutions. Turn out. Take action. Be part of this historic event.

This is fucking great!!!!
I love this!!

I have written this on my calendar, ain't it grand

Hi Rose,
Last Years Earth Day thread

Here is where you sign up to participate:
http://www.earthhourus.org/apisignup/signup.php

I will be part of this again, but it should be done on a regular bases, not just the one day. Ya know during your whole day it can be incorporated..

Like in my country.
We have energy crisis and so we don't have electric energy for much more than 1 hour a day. Every day.

This is awesome! I've heard about this before but never participated. Cool!

Very grand
I think I have to write it on my calender too!



Honestly

I dont think we should stop there though. I think we should start a day when no one eats meat (no im not a vegetarian myself). I think people have starting eating to much meat the last years, and to freight meat is very bad for the enviroment.

And perhaps one day no one drives cars ( I know thats a tuff one).

Opps sorry and thank you.
Also I'm glad you're all so enthusiastic about it

awesome i did this last year
*writes on calender*

I did it too, it was awesome. I hate thinking that you want to help the earth and in the meantime some creepy motherfuckers are wasting the last natural resources we have. But I guess we have to try and never give up.

ALWAYS TRY AND NEVER GIVE UP.
That's my motto.

Thank you so much for posting this!

I signed me up, really good stuff there!

I can't sign up., I'm not 18 yet

Just like last year, I won't be signing up official like but I will be participating.

Eating dinner in the dark is awkward... but fun

great motto

It was alot of fun last year. Great to see the results/pictures around the world too

Why not?

Haha, yes, but you can light some candle



I can imagine that!!

That bit made me laugh i dont know why...

I actually do this everyday. I have only lights in the bathroom and sometimes in my bedroom. In my livingroom I have only candles.

Yeah I have done the same this winter. I have used so little lamps I could, most candels and batterydrivenlamps.
Its cheaper too, mostly, some candles are fucking expensive

I use the cheapest candles. I remember when I lived at home and I walked around the house switching off the lights. And I was angry when someone left the lights on if no one was in the room.

thank you very much


it might be funny but remember it's true

Yes, thats fucking irritating. And then you switch off, but after some minutes is the chance that the lamps are on again is pretty big.
Some in my family have the bad habbit to just switch on and then go....

Sanna/Swe
What made you ?
It's our reality, we live without electric light for 5-7 hours a day, we get used to this.

But again, if we want to help and save our Earth, we must do that regularly.
Not only once a year turn off our lights...but do other simple things as well.

^
Dont get me wrong, I think its good that we use so little resources we can.
I do it all the time, so often I can.

I just didnt now that that was your reality, to just have electricity one hour by day.


By the way, the new electricitycars business have grown.
I think its good that we can stop using oil. But electricity is hard to make too, and that take some rescources too.
But then we dont get smog.

What do you think of the new electricitycars?

Maybe it's good for environment, but our energy crisis has arisen not to protect the environment, it's just a weakness of our power supply system and ecomony. Plus, my country is very small, but the main consumption of electric energy falls at USA and Europe. It's good there are people from these continents who care about the environment.

To go on foot is better XD

and u are totally right...
cycling is also good

It's a pity we can't move for a long distance on foot or by bike in a short space of time and we have to use cars. As for me, I prefer to go on foot.
Some people in my area ride a bike anywhere they want to and never use a car.

that's right.
Especially when u have several places to go to in a short period of time...
that's why I do my best to spend a day simply hiking, walking...I take a friend (or their dogs at least ) and investigate the suburbs)))))

I love biking, especially in Summer! Otherwise I use buses. i don't even have a driver's license.

ha ha ha, when i first read that i thought you said "i love blinking" i thought WHAT!
*someone hit me really hard with a bat, please*

Oh my god that's great

(funny new avatar by the way)

^

guys, we should start car-haters tread...

I agree!

It really pisses me off that us who walk or cycle are treated unfairly in traffic.

And thanks find-ourselves-lost! Tomo rules! What's your name btw.?

My Names Char *waves*... im going to put that on my Profile thing...

Yes, we definitely should!!!
Honsetly,lol

And I who soon will get a drivinglicense

So, todays earth hour is over...
It pissed me a bit off, that no one who lives here did know about earth hour. There have been very silent about it, I have only read one swedish site about it. I hope they wrote it in the citynewspaper though....

I am participating in this and I spread the word by posting on Myspace!

Thats really really good!!
Keep it up

I'm in !!

Good to see some of us here joining in, last year was great to be a part of this and I kept it going throughout the year on some nights
It's the little thing that should catapult like this.

i did this last year and will be doing it again this year

Finely did I see a comersial on TV about Earth Hour!
I love the idea!

Yaaa i just convinced my friend to do Earth hour with all her friends...she is having a get together that night...i told her the only way i would be able to come is if they all do it with me...after sending her a video about it i convinced her it was a good idea. So there will be 8 adults and 7 kids doing it all together. YAAA!!

^ Thats great!

I may go to a party as well, but then I will convince the people to do the same. And to only use candles is so cosy anyway.
I think I will promo for earth hour here in sweden, people need an little push

Hahahaha, that's the ninja way to go about it hun! Hope you will have fun.

Little bump

Hey got a question for all of you from around the world....What time is your Earth Hour? Mine is at 8:30 pm. So i was wondering how this works with the different time zones. Is it all at the same time or rolling black outs?

Hey hun, this is what it says on the site:

So 8.30 pm in each country to their own time table, so it will be rolling black outs,

http://www.earthhour.org/location/default:en/select

Thanks hun...that's what i thought but wasn't completely sure

^
Though it would have been funnier if everyone turned thier lights of exactly the same time. It would have been a sight from above