Dark Hour
The Earth Hour project, promoted by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) , encourages people around the world to turn their lights off for one hour from 8-9pm in their local time zone today, Mar. 29. Even Google (www.google.com) “turned their lights out” for the cause. They simulated the lights being turned out today on their search engine to promote the Earth Hour energy conservation project; the Google home page’s background is pitch black!
Major cities around the world will be holding events to spread and raise awareness about energy consumption and climate change, and you can get in on this too. In fact, as I announced yesterday, National Dark Sky Week starts today and lasts until April 4th–so if you participate in National Dark Sky Week to minimize light pollution, you are also participating in energy conservation for Earth Hour. You accomplish TWO for the effort of ONE. So flick that switch, people (or, if you have one of those clappers, you can just clap your lights off)!
Here is an Earth Hour YouTube promotional vidya:
Clapper photocredit: Bob Gamble
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3 opinions for Dark Hour
Brian
Mar 29, 2008 at 10:44 am
I love the new look on google. unfortunatly, I live near many 55+ parks, where people are so paranoid about security there are vacant houses with lights on! I’ve tried talking to park managers about the issue, they don’t seem to care at all. Next step, write to the city.
Melker
Mar 30, 2008 at 10:12 am
Hey Tony! Please come online to youtube again! people really misses you, there is even those who think that you are dead! The hubble deep field video is one of the best i’ve ever seen.
So please return to youtube and keep posting videos!
rey
Apr 1, 2008 at 2:31 am
Yeah Tony, I agree.
We’ve got some pretty bad light pollution here in PR. It has been known as the ‘Shining Star of the Caribbean’ for years by pilots for the light that it emits compared to the surrounding islands - have a look at your nighttime world photo and you’ll see what I mean.
But you can still see the Milky Way, and a million other stars from the south-west corner - for now at least. ;)
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