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Millions Unplug Worldwide Earth Hour
On the 27th of March 2010, buildings in some four thousand cities turned off their lights. This included the United States, Europe, New Zealand, Casablanca, Namibia, Tanzania, and many more. Lights were switched to off across the world to mark the Earth Hour event.
In the United States, the lights went out at the Empire State Building, the National Cathedral, and the Coca- Cola headquarters, among many other sites in the Eastern Time zone. Europe’s most best known landmarks including the Effile Tower, Big Ben, and Rome’s Coliseum fell dark Saturday, following Sydney’s Opera House and Beijing’s Forbidden City in joining a global climate change. Millions of people turned off lights and appliances for an hour from 8:30 to 9:30 in a gesture to highlight environmental concerns.
In Nepal, where electricity supplies aren’t constant - protesters unable to turn out lights held a candlelight vigil. In Europe, Italy, Paris, and Germany all went dark. Buckingham palace and the British Parliament building were scheduled to go dark to support the campaign, along with other famed London landmarks including many others.
Organizers hoped the event would put pressure on global landmarks to push for clear progress on agreeing a binding international pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, some 88 cities took part in Earth Hour, which is backed by the United Nations as well as global corporations, nonprofit groups, schools, scientists, and celebrities.
On the night of March 27, 2010, hundreds ofbc.com/id/33 millions of people raised their voices by turning out their lights. It is a simple act, but a powerful call to action. By turning off your electricity for an hour, you can save our earth and the money in your pocket.
More info:
http://www.msnbc.com/id/36064095/ns/world_news-world_environment/print/1/displ
In the United States, the lights went out at the Empire State Building, the National Cathedral, and the Coca- Cola headquarters, among many other sites in the Eastern Time zone. Europe’s most best known landmarks including the Effile Tower, Big Ben, and Rome’s Coliseum fell dark Saturday, following Sydney’s Opera House and Beijing’s Forbidden City in joining a global climate change. Millions of people turned off lights and appliances for an hour from 8:30 to 9:30 in a gesture to highlight environmental concerns.
In Nepal, where electricity supplies aren’t constant - protesters unable to turn out lights held a candlelight vigil. In Europe, Italy, Paris, and Germany all went dark. Buckingham palace and the British Parliament building were scheduled to go dark to support the campaign, along with other famed London landmarks including many others.
Organizers hoped the event would put pressure on global landmarks to push for clear progress on agreeing a binding international pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, some 88 cities took part in Earth Hour, which is backed by the United Nations as well as global corporations, nonprofit groups, schools, scientists, and celebrities.
On the night of March 27, 2010, hundreds ofbc.com/id/33 millions of people raised their voices by turning out their lights. It is a simple act, but a powerful call to action. By turning off your electricity for an hour, you can save our earth and the money in your pocket.
More info:
http://www.msnbc.com/id/36064095/ns/world_news-world_environment/print/1/displ
March 27, 2009
Saving Energy
“It was a huge success,” says World Wildlife Fund spokesman Dan Forman. Twenty major cities and other municipalities participated, many of them soliciting corporations in their locales to turn off their lights as well.
The first Earth Hour was in Sydney, Australia, in 2007 and inspired 2.2 million people and 2,100 corporations to shut off non-essential lights and other electric loads. The city reported a 10.2 percent energy reduction during that one hour, the equivalent of taking about 48,000 cars off the road for an hour. In Chicago, lights on more than 200 downtown buildings were dimmed Saturday night, including the stripe of white light around the top of the John Hancock Center. The red-and-white marquee outside Wrigley Field also went dark. According to electric utility Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), during the 8 pm to 9 pm duration, Chicago saved about 7 percent in energy. The 818 megawatt hours of electricity saved are equivalent to nearly 1.3 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions or taking two 400-megawatt coal plants offline for one hour.
More info:
http://www.electronichouse.com/article/earth_hour_reportsenergy_savings/C155
Friday, April 30, 2010
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Wow that is something that can really help lower cost and it can really help the earth. Everyone should do that even more and for longer... People could go all day and not use any eletric...
ReplyDeleteyea i know. like they should have a world wide announcement and have a national day dedicated to this earth hour. people should beable to go longer than an hour with out electricity.
ReplyDeletei agree with zach, it could really help everybody in the long run. i think its really neat that everyone got together on one day and did something like turning off your lights. Sweeeetness!!
ReplyDeleteyea i totally agree...it saves a ton of money and energy. if every one participated then our world be healthier and stronger
ReplyDeleteyeahh i know. but too bad people only do that just one day a year. i think our governments should look into it and make it atleast a couple days a year that we do this.
ReplyDeleteagreeed. or we could like get ahold of the times herald and news stations and set up a date and have a day with no power
ReplyDeleteYA also we could go one day at school w/o all technolgy and eletric...
ReplyDeleteyeahh thats a good idea...in your article "saving energy" its amazing how in Australia they inspired over 2100 corporations to shut off power. it was the equivalent of taking 48,000 cars off the highways for an hour??? thats sick nasty!!
ReplyDeletei know right. like people can take an hour out of there day and not use elecrtic. it would be healthy for the environment and relaxing and nice for the people. jus think if we turned off all the computers in the school for one day we would save so much power...
ReplyDeleteAlso it could be a town thing and just have every one not use eletric that means no restraunts or bars or anywhere
ReplyDeleteyeah! all in all i think everybody everywhere should try and do this..more than just one day a year
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of you. I should look into this and maybe we can get this started...
ReplyDeleteSounds good!
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