Three years ago in Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million homes and businesses disconnected from the modern world by turning off cell phones, televisions, computers, video games AND the lights for one hour. This was a stand against climate change and marks the very first Earth Hour. One year later, Earth Hour became a global movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Major global landmarks such at the Sydney Harbor Bridge, The CN Tower in Toronto, The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Rome’s Coliseum, all braved the darkness as a symbol of hope for our earth’s future. In March of 2009, Earth Hour had grown and hundreds of millions of people participated. Over 4000 cities in 88 countries took a one hour time out to pledge their support for the planet. This was the world’s largest global climate change initiative.
This year Earth Hour is on Saturday, March 27th at 8:30 pm (local time). This is your chance to stand up, take responsibility, get involved and lead the way towards a sustainable future for all mankind. So sign up now and make 2010’s Earth Hour the BIGGEST yet!
What to do for an hour in the dark?
Gaze at the stars
Take a moonlit walk
Gather some friends and have an Earth Hour party
Play a board game with your family by candlelight
Play some of your old favorite musical instruments
SMILE LOTS
What ideas do you have for Earth Hour?
I love this video it just makes me smile so much!!! People all over the world really want to get up and help heal the Earth. What I just saw made me smile so much that I thought it is was going to stay on my face forever. For Earth Hour tommorow at 8:30 p.m. I am going to not use my IPod for a hour and not use the computer for a hour, that is all I am going to do for Earth House. I love Earth so much and I am glad so many people care about, thanks for posted this blog entry, see you April 6th, bye!!
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3/26/10