Turning off the lights on March 26 is just a step to recognize that mother earth needs our help. Together we can protect earths precious resources by conserving, developing, and spreading the word. Flipping the swtich for one hour on Saturday will be your vote for mother earth.
Help the USA support Earth Hour by going beyond the light switch. How can you conserve this year?
Facts About Earth Hour
Hour is about turning off the lights for one hour.
Earth Hour, was first started in Australia (2007) as a way to bring community together to acknowledge the importance of reducing consumption of earths natural resources. Turning off the lights for an hour helps us see the impact we have on the environment..
Just one year after the first "Earth Hour" in Sydney Australia it became a viral phenonemon. Now spreading globally with a movement reaching more than 50 million people that participate in more than 35 countries.
Sidney set a goal to reduce carbon emissions by 5%.
In the USA it is estimated that 80 million people joined the Earth Hour movement in 2009, which had grown to nearly 1 billion globally.
Recent estimates show 1 billion supporters in 4,100 cities from 87 countries located on seven different joined in turning off their lights for earth hour..
Earth Hour hopes to encourage consumers, businesses, and governments to be thoughtful in action plans to caryy out practical ways to reduce emmissions.
Let's go beyond the light switch! Look at what some are doing to save energy to conserve precious fossil fuels:
"For me it starts early... I'm trying to teach my kids to conserve electricity by turning off lights when not in use. We try to make it a game!"
Linda J. Travis
"The Rental Protection Agency has redesigned its tenant screening systems to be hosted on green friendly servers."
Randy Peterson
"Like our Bowtrol product that helps increase energy, we thought it would make sense to have our office find small ways to reduce consuption of wasted energy. We've had so much fun with it that our co-office; provillus has started their own energy saving contest."
James Donahue
"I just bought a bunch of energy conserving lightbulbs and replaced my old "Watt Guzzling" light bulbs. I don't always remember to turn off the lights, so at least I'm now using less energy when I forget."
David Mcclure
"I just used one of the energy rebate programs to buy a new refrigerator. See, saving energy can be a blast!"
Sue Beyer
"We removed the old single pane windows and upgraded to the double pane lo-e glass. Now my house is less drafty and it helps a bit with the gas bill."
Carmen Wright
"We should all ditch the old outdated clucky CRT monitors and upgrade to to LCD monitors. My work office just did this and we all love the new screens. Plus, its nicer on the eyes."
Jermaine Vasquez
"It seems like everytime I go to a large city I find over half of the businesses that leave their lights on after hours. I guess they do it for security, but there's got to be a better solution. Maybe they could install some low energy infarred video cameras."
Holly Perrotta
"Maybe we should all buy mini scooters! ... at least take the bus a couple of times."
Gary Callihan
"For new years I made a goal to lose weight and save energy. So, now I take the stairs in my 5 story apartment building instead of using the elevator."
Cora Alem
"Since I couldn't afford to do many upgrades to the house, my husband and I agreed to turn down the heat 2 degrees. Surprisingly we adjusted to the drop in temperature without problem. Immediately we noticed a drop in our heating bill."
Beatrice Bickerstaff
"My family took a trip to the home improvement store and asked a clerk what affordable product we could buy to save energy cost. He quickly showed us a thermal blanket that was designed to be wrapped around a water heater. We grabbed it for less than thirty bucks."
Timmy Mcneely
"In the summer we open the window more and don't run our air-conditioner nearly as much."
Mark Hagemann
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Help the USA support Earth Hour by going beyond the light switch. How can you conserve this year?
Facts About Earth Hour
Hour is about turning off the lights for one hour.
Just one year after the first "Earth Hour" in Sydney Australia it became a viral phenonemon. Now spreading globally with a movement reaching more than 50 million people that participate in more than 35 countries.
Sidney set a goal to reduce carbon emissions by 5%.
In the USA it is estimated that 80 million people joined the Earth Hour movement in 2009, which had grown to nearly 1 billion globally.
Recent estimates show 1 billion supporters in 4,100 cities from 87 countries located on seven different joined in turning off their lights for earth hour..
Earth Hour hopes to encourage consumers, businesses, and governments to be thoughtful in action plans to caryy out practical ways to reduce emmissions.
Let's go beyond the light switch! Look at what some are doing to save energy to conserve precious fossil fuels:
"For me it starts early... I'm trying to teach my kids to conserve electricity by turning off lights when not in use. We try to make it a game!"
Linda J. Travis
"The Rental Protection Agency has redesigned its tenant screening systems to be hosted on green friendly servers."
Randy Peterson
"Like our Bowtrol product that helps increase energy, we thought it would make sense to have our office find small ways to reduce consuption of wasted energy. We've had so much fun with it that our co-office; provillus has started their own energy saving contest."
James Donahue
"I just bought a bunch of energy conserving lightbulbs and replaced my old "Watt Guzzling" light bulbs. I don't always remember to turn off the lights, so at least I'm now using less energy when I forget."
David Mcclure
"I just used one of the energy rebate programs to buy a new refrigerator. See, saving energy can be a blast!"
Sue Beyer
"We removed the old single pane windows and upgraded to the double pane lo-e glass. Now my house is less drafty and it helps a bit with the gas bill."
Carmen Wright
"We should all ditch the old outdated clucky CRT monitors and upgrade to to LCD monitors. My work office just did this and we all love the new screens. Plus, its nicer on the eyes."
Jermaine Vasquez
"It seems like everytime I go to a large city I find over half of the businesses that leave their lights on after hours. I guess they do it for security, but there's got to be a better solution. Maybe they could install some low energy infarred video cameras."
Holly Perrotta
"Maybe we should all buy mini scooters! ... at least take the bus a couple of times."
Gary Callihan
"For new years I made a goal to lose weight and save energy. So, now I take the stairs in my 5 story apartment building instead of using the elevator."
Cora Alem
"Since I couldn't afford to do many upgrades to the house, my husband and I agreed to turn down the heat 2 degrees. Surprisingly we adjusted to the drop in temperature without problem. Immediately we noticed a drop in our heating bill."
Beatrice Bickerstaff
"My family took a trip to the home improvement store and asked a clerk what affordable product we could buy to save energy cost. He quickly showed us a thermal blanket that was designed to be wrapped around a water heater. We grabbed it for less than thirty bucks."
Timmy Mcneely
"In the summer we open the window more and don't run our air-conditioner nearly as much."
Mark Hagemann
Associated Tags: what to do during earth hour | games to play during earth hour | fun things to do during earth hour | what to do on earth hour | what to do during earth hour 2011 | things to do in earth hour | things to do with kids during earth hour | what to do during earth hor | 5 thing to do during earth hour | what to do for fun during earth hour
