Last post of the week. What to write about? I've had a really hard week so I'm not in the mood to think of some phylosophical thought or talk about anything creative. But I found this article on Yahoo news and it was really interesting.
http://green.yahoo.com/news/afp/20080328/wl_asia_afp/climatewarmingaustraliaearthhour.html
The article talks about an "earth hour" set for tomorrow. Founded by Andy Ridley, the earth hour is a time tomorrow where cities across the world have agreed to turn off the lights for one hour in awareness of global warming. It seems like they are shutting down the lights of major attractions and landmarks and encouraging businesses and homeowners to do the same. It's a really great effort in trying to raise awarenss. This one hour will not help out that much in lowering energy use, but it will hopefully make people realize how important it is to conserve energy. I think most people, myself included, just don't think about how bad global warming really is and it's more of a hassle to do eco-friendly things. I don't think turning out the lights for an hour is so bad. They say it will occur at 0900 GMT...but I'm not sure exactly what time that would be here. Only 3 U.S. cities have signed up to participate in the earth hour. Chicago, San Fransisco, and Atlanta. So maybe sometime tomorrow, turn out your lights for an hour. It might be at the same time as everyone else, but just think about how much energy you waste. Global Warming may not seem like such a problem to us now, but it will be.
1 comment:
I read this same article this week. I hope everything is okay with you. I wish for the best. This article was very interesting. All the cities turn off their lights for an hour.
I think it is a good idea to save energy and turn off any lights or TVs that are not in use. For the most part doing the day, I have my light off, but the TV is always on. I should watch less TV.
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