The annual Earth Hour event is here again folks. In case you haven’t heard Earth Hour is a big ol’ event started in 2007 in Sydney. That first Earth Hour, 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008, more than 400 cities, thousands of businesses and over 50 million people around the world participated.

This year, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), among other organizations, wants you to turn off your lights for the 2009 annual Earth Hour.
Depending on where you live Earth Hour is taking place tomorrow (it’s still Friday in my time zone) on …read more

So how was your Earth Hour experience?  Did many people in your neighborhood joined?   If you’re wondering how it went in other countries,  here are some of the Earth Hour links I found
1.  Cities switch of lights for Earth Hour
2.  Aussies turned on by Earth Hour switch off poll
3.  Canadian Press
4. Bloomberg
5.  Xinhuanet
I wish there is a live sattelite feed somewhere where a sattelite hovering the earth catches the powering-off  of these lights during the Earth Hour.   I imagine that if a lot of people joined, we’ll be seeing a big vertical area of the Earth (the timezone at …read more

Just a reminder for all those people who will be participating in the Earth Hour.   If you already forgot,  I made a post last Feb about a unique global event that will happen this Mar29 which is called Earth Hour.
What: Earth Hour
When:  Saturday, March 29th – from 8 p.m to 9 p.m
How:  Just turn off your lights for 1 hour
The event is just a few hours away so don’t forget!

I just got an email from greenexchange.com regarding a world wide event called “Earth Hour”.
Green Exchange is proud to be a sponsor of Earth Hour, a global initiative designed to raise awareness about climate change and to demonstrate that by working together, we can make a difference.
On February 15th, Mayor Daley announced that Chicago is the official flagship city for this important worldwide event where for one hour Saturday, March 29th – from 8 p.m to 9 p.m. — residents, businesses, landmarks and organizations are being asked to voluntarily turn off their lights to reduce energy consumption.
I don’t know …read more