I quote straight from the website : " It started with a question: How can we inspire people to take action on climate change? The answer: Ask the people of Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour. On 31 March 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour - Earth Hour. If the greenhouse reduction achieved in the Sydney CBD during Earth Hour was sustained for a year, it would be equivalent to taking 48,616 cars off the road for a year. With Sydney icons like the Harbour Bridge and Opera House turning their lights off, and unique events such as weddings by candlelight, the world took notice. Inspired by the collective effort of millions of Sydneysiders, many major global cities are joining Earth Hour in 2008, turning a symbolic event into a global movement. "
I just joined up for earth hour. Its a simple system. For one hour on March 29th at 8 pm, over a million Melbournians will switch off all their lights, fans and non-critical electrical appliances in solidarity for climate change. The power they save is equivalent to getting 50,000 cars off the road. This is inspired by a similar feat in Sydney last year.
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New Delhi isn't listed yet because not enough people have signed up. Please sign up and do it with your friends or with people at your workplace - decide on a time and switch off your lights. Have a candlelit dinner. Gaze at the stars. Have a suance. Play hide and seek. Have fun like they did before electricity. And help save the planet.
If you wanna make your commitment official, join the WWF sponsored website www.earthhour.org.
http://www.earthhour.org/user/uqff
Currently India has around 2039 signups for earth hour. Corporates or businesses can also join in. Anyone who reads my blog knows about black google. And anyone who cares will not mind some candlelit dinner for one night. www.earthhour.org. Click. Now. And switch off this PC when you're done with it! Don't log off, switch off. Close that laptop lid when you go to the loo for 3 minutes. Switch off the switch of the TV no matter how sleepy you are. No, mate, from the wall, not the remote. GET MOVING!
Bye for now. I'm doing my share tonight by sleeping by 10pm - less electricity used in lighting up the house. What? Climate saving can be fun!