Earth Hour - March 29, 2008

[Taualumna]

Are people participating in Earth Hour (http://www4.earthhourus.org/) tomorrow? Is your city one of the "official cities"?

[MysticCat]

Hadn't even heard of it until you posted, but no and no.

[tld221]

LOL the only time the lights go out in NYC are during blackouts. im going to go with NO.

ETA: I only heard about it because im a CNN fiend. and NYC is probably one city that SHOULD do this. even if it was a couple of buildings.

[nittanyalum]

I haven't heard word one about it either!

[tld221]

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1725947,00.html?cnn=yes

[pbear19]

I am! The mayor of St Louis has proclaimed it 'Earth Hour Day', which is a little cheesy but is still nice that it is officially recognized.

Besides, the power goes out around here so often I have plenty of candles. :)

[aephi alum]

The State of New York (not just NYC, the whole state) is on the list of participants.

So "Earth Hour" is on a Saturday night, during prime dining-out hours? Why do I get the feeling this isn't going to work so well? Unless the restaurants set out lots of candles in the dining rooms for "mood lighting" ... ?

[Scandia]

Tampa is not official, but I will be participating.

Does this involve turning off ALL electronic appliances, or just the lamps that illuminate?

[pbear19]

So "Earth Hour" is on a Saturday night, during prime dining-out hours? Why do I get the feeling this isn't going to work so well? Unless the restaurants set out lots of candles in the dining rooms for "mood lighting" ... ?

There is one restaurant here that is actually doing just that, which I think is pretty cool.

[AGDee]

Google is apparently participating... check out www.google.com today

[Honeykiss1974]

My company is participating. We got an email about it yesterday.

[AlphaFrog]

Charlotte's on the list of cities, but I hadn't heard about this either until I read it here. Tonight at 8pm I will probably be on a stage with bright lights in my face and a karaoke mic in my hand.

[DeltAlum]

Mrs. DA can, and I'm sure will, turn off the lights at home, but it won't work well to turn off the studio lights in the middle of a TV show, so I can't participate personally.

Sorry.

[Taualumna]

Earth Hour post from Prospere Magazine (http://prospere-magazine.com/2008/04/01/and-then-there-was-darkness/), my business/lifestyle blog

[honeychile]

Google is apparently participating... check out www.google.com today

That was the first I heard of it. My first thought was, if you want me to cut the electricity, Google, how are going to use my computer?

[AGDee]

From my understanding, we were supposed to cut lights and non-essential electronics. Computers are essential, aren't they?