Earth Hour 2008 - Think global - Act local - Turn your lights off!
The Earth Hour Movement was created last year by a group of people who wanted to inspire people to take action on climate change. Their idea was to ask the people of Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour.
Well, 2.2 Million people and 2100 businesses joined forces, powered down and reduced Sydney’s energy consumption by 10.2% for one hour which they say is the equivalent of taking 48,000 cars off the road for one hour.
Astounding!
This year promises to be bigger and better as their aim is take make Earth Hour a global movement. I signed up the other day and thought I’d help spread the word.
I love this kind of initiative because it’s easy for people to participate and show solidarity for a very important cause.
So find out more about Earth Hour 2008 taking place on March 29th 2008 at 8PM, sign up, and spread the word!
(Thanks for the heads-up Stephan!)
