Earth Hour Participation
We’ve decided to participate in Earth Hour this year, which means that from 8pm to 9pm local time, we’re going to turn off all the lights, televisions, computers, and radios in the house as a gesture towards conserving energy and reducing light pollution.
We’ve got a bunch of candles ready to go, and we’re planning on sitting around the coffee table in the living room playing cards, eating snacks, and just enjoying each other’s company.
I know that turning the lights off for an hour isn’t really going to make a dent in energy consumption, that it’s more of a symbolic gesture than anything else.
But hey, it’s better than ignoring the problem completely, isn’t it?
Oh, and here are two Reuters photos showing the Sydney skyline on a regular day (March 28) and during Earth hour on March 29:
