** Updated March 29 ** Well looks like we didn’t do so well. In BC power consumption dropped 1.1% on Saturday. That it dropped at all is a positive, however last year the number was 2%, so this seems like a step backward. Hopefully increased awareness of the issues improved…
City Lights from Space
Hey folks. Tonight you have an opportunity to participate in a symbolic move. Earth Hour is tonight between 8:30 and 9:30 pm local time. To participate all you need to do is switch off all your lights! Doesn’t sound too tough eh? This idea started a few years back in Australia, went global last year and tonight, hopefully, will happen on an even more “viral” scale.
There is actually a cool plug in for blogs that will “shut down” your blog for the hour, instead displaying a splash screen showing that you are participating. Unfortunately Blogsome does not let users install third party plugins at will, so you won’t see it happen on this site. If you have a (non-blogsome) wordpress site though and want to install this super cool item, click here.
If you’d like more info on this, go to the Earth Hour site here.
Remember… 8:30 to 9:30 pm… turn ‘em off!
With My Own Two Hands - Ben Harper
Most of the businesses in the central district here in Iquitos shut em down for the hour! Including our hotel and we had a nice candle-lit dinner at a restaurant that cooked with a wood-fired stone oven.
Comment by Jamie — March 29, 2009 @ 7:55 am