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Will you be participating in Earth Hour?

Posted by EcoInsomniac • 3/29/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Tags: earth hour 2008, Energy Savings, environment

I will be for sure.

If you haven't heard of Earth Hour check out www.earthhourus.org

Here is an exerpt from the site to give you a bit of an idea.

"We invite everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m. (your own local time)–whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town. "

My blog post about Earth Hour:
www.ecoinsomniac.com/2008/03/29/earth-hour-is-tonight-at-8pm-where-ever-you...

User Comments

3/29/08

crkian

No

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3/29/08

earthandeconomy

Yes, we will be participating this evening from San Francisco.
www6.earthhourus.org/sanfran.php

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3/29/08

acousticguitarist

yes we just did....

i spent the first 10 minutes making ghost noises around the house

then my daughter sat me down and got me to listen to her favourite bands and tunes on her ipod

after that i went out side and waited for all the lights to come on( it's night here) and I was about to scream 'happy electricity' but alas no other lights came on

So I ended up dancing around the kitchen with a broom upside down singing Black Sabbath 'Iron Man' which I haven't heard since 1973, because my son was playing it on acoustic guitar..

My wife was listening to Self Development tapes on her ipod and just called out "I'm not watching"

wow ...an enviro-Spiritual experience...I am empowered by this moment

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1. 3/29/08
  
  earthlingorgeous
  
  hahahaha that sounds like a fun earth hour for you it's gonna be less than two hours earth hour here
2. 3/29/08
  
  EcoInsomniac
  
  Sounds like you had a great time. I'm glad you and your family had fun.
3/29/08

sebirai

yup...we will definitely be participating the earth hour. This is the time that people need to come together and support conservation efforts. With the deforestation rates and global warming, little things that we can do to help would be beneficial.

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1. 3/29/08
  
  EcoInsomniac
  
  I'm glad to hear you'll be participating. It's great to see how many people with such a small amount of time have signed on board with Earth Hour.
3/29/08

Houseonahill

Absolutely! SO excited, and my city is participating as well! Let's blog by candlelight!

www.earthhour.org/cities/chicago/

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1. 3/29/08
  
  EcoInsomniac
  
  Chicago is doing an awesome thing this Earth Hour I hope more big cities sign on for 2009.
3/29/08

ChampDog

Maybe.

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3/29/08

lrembo91

absolutely! In East Texas it will be pretty dark but I know
the big cities around Texas have big things going as well....

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1. 3/29/08
  
  EcoInsomniac
  
  That's great I'm down in San Antonio and I know at least our radio stations will be going as dark as they can.
3/29/08

lowerfootprint

Definitely going to be participating tonight...

Here's my top five ways to spend the hour:

lowerfootprint.blogspot.com/2008/03/top-five-things-to-do-during-earth-hour...

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1. 3/29/08
  
  EcoInsomniac
  
  Great post! I love the 5 things not to do.
3/29/08

coldmorningcoffee

I'm definitely going to be participating!

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1. 3/29/08
  
  EcoInsomniac
  
  Very glad to hear that!
3/29/08

whojaybe

lol probably not... but if you go to Google, they're celebrating it. I thought something was wrong with my browser when I went there lol!

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1. 3/29/08
  
  EcoInsomniac
  
  Haha, yeah google freaked me out last night, but I'm glad they're using their reach to bring awareness to the project.
3/29/08

gerryPlanetEarth

Our household along with millions of other households throughout Planet Earth will be participating in Earth Hour by turning off all non-essential energy consumption...

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1. 3/29/08
  
  EcoInsomniac
  
  It's a great thing isn't it Gerry?
3/29/08

Theresa111

Okay! We'll do it!

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1. 3/29/08
  
  EcoInsomniac
  
  Woohoo I'm glad you're on board!
3/29/08

Rich

I'm there. Though my city is least likely to participate. They only turned off the lights for Frank and Sammy.

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1. 3/29/08
  
  EcoInsomniac
  
  Good for you Rich I'm glad to hear it. Great blogs by the way I really do enjoy them.
2. 3/29/08
  
  Rich
  
  Why thank you. A very nice thing to say. I love your promo effort. It's all over Twitter.
3. 3/30/08
  
  lisamcglaun
  
  Rich,
  We must be in the same city and your right, I don't think this town will EVER turn off the lights. Kind of sad, if you think about it.
3/29/08

Theresa111

We did turn out the lights for one hour. We talked most of the time.

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3/29/08

acousticguitarist

Here it is, the review from my house

acousticguitarist.wordpress.com/

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3/30/08

daniel23

Hells no.

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3/30/08

Thea

Yes, participated last night here in Perth, Australia.

Greg and I had a lovely and quiet dinner by candle light at home.
Wonderful, must do it more often.

Cheers, Thea

P.S. I too posted it at each of my blogs.

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3/30/08

lisamcglaun

My house participated..it was great. I'd do it again..often.

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