Earth Hour 2008

[Tom B]

"Between 8-9pm on 29 March, millions of people around the world will take part in Earth Hour 2008 – a WWF initiative asking people to turn their lights off for one hour.

It started with a question: how could WWF inspire people to take action on climate change?

The answer was to ask the people of Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour – Earth Hour.

Last March, in Sydney, 2.2 million people and 2,100 businesses did exactly that as a demonstration of their support for global action against climate change. Their inspirational collective effort reduced the city's energy consumption by a whopping 10.2% during that hour – equivalent to taking 48,000 cars off the road.

This year, Earth Hour has gone global with WWF-UK urging people across the United Kingdom to join in with millions of others across the world.

more - http://www.wwf.org.uk/oneplanet/youcan_0000004833.asp

[Beachcomber]

It's a nice touch that Google have blacked-out their site today, although they do admit it doesn't save one single erg of energy.

[Ileach B]

Seen this in the news this morning, and thought it was really interesting. The fact that Australia were starting and to go round the world!

Did anybody in Kintyre turn their lights off at 8pm tonight for the hour?

[spangles]

.......yes apart from one energy saving bulb.

Saw this on holiday last year........

Clickable link


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[EMDEE]

The thing is, if it makes people think a bit more, they could reduce their energy bills and help the environment.

The world's resources are limited, and we cannot sustain our current lifestyle without endangering the future of the planet. It's that simple.