Do Your Part for Earth Hour – Turn off your Lights!
Posted by Jon Lee in Offtopic, Personal, tags: earth hour, environment, google
This is what the world looks like in terms of light pollution. Incandescent light bulbs are one of the largest drainers of electricity and today, the world wants to raise awareness by having everyone turn off all their lights for an hour from 8pm to 9pm (in their local time).
This means we won’t see all the lights in the world shut off at the same time but it’ll look more like a “wave” moving every hour. Even Google changed their homepage to raise awareness of this event!
From Google’s Earth Hour page:
On Saturday, March 29, 2008, Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8:00pm to 9:00pm in their local time zone. On this day, cities around the world, including Copenhagen, Chicago, Melbourne, Dubai, and Tel Aviv, will hold events to acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation.
Although it doesn’t specifically say to turn off your computer as well, I believe the intention is to raise awareness about energy conservation so I’d turn off all electricity you’re not using. Nothing to do without Internet access? Here are some things you can do without the Internet (but may require some good ol fashioned candle light).
So remember, do your part and tell your friends and family before 8pm! Let’s make a difference!
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