Earth Hour 8:30PM local time

BanningZ · 03-28-2009, 11:28 PM

Has anyone else done this or are you going to do this?

My lights are going out in t-minus 3 minutes.

Quote:

Lights go out across planet for Earth Hour

(CNN) -- Lights went off across the world Saturday as millions of homes and businesses went dark for one hour in a symbolic gesture highlighting concerns over climate change.
The lights go off Saturday at the Houses of Parliament and the Big Ben clock tower in central London.

Organizers expected more than 2,800 cities and towns worldwide to dim their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time for the third annual Earth Hour -- a day-long energy-saving marathon spanning 83 countries and 24 time zones.

Major cities in the United States, Asia, the Middle East and Europe had already gone dark for the event by Saturday night on the U.S. East Coast.

In Washington, the lights went out at the Capitol dome at 8:30 p.m. ET; the same time the Empire State Building, Central Park and the George Washington Bridge in New York went dark.

The Philippines topped this year's participation for Asia, with more than 650 communities taking part in the event, according to Earth Hour's Web site.

The light illuminating the face of the landmark Big Ben clock tower in London, England, went out at 8:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. ET).

In Dubai, iReporter Sharad Agarwal turned out the lights and sat down to a candlelit dinner with his family.

"I personally believe in going green and everything that goes with it," Agarwal told CNN.

In Australia, floodlights of the Sydney Opera House were extinguished as the city's iconic harbor kicked off events for Earth Hour. The event's Web site reported that hundreds of people lined the harbor for a glimpse of the dimming skyline at 8:30 pm.

Sydney became the birthplace of the Earth Hour campaign in 2007 when 2.2 million turned off their lights, igniting a grass-roots movement that has become a global phenomenon.

In China, illuminations at major buildings including the "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium and the Water Cube were extinguished as 20 cities joined in, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

Other landmarks around the world expected to join the World Wildlife Fund-sponsored event were the Egyptian pyramids, Vatican, Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, the Acropolis in Athens and the Las Vegas casino strip.

CNN iReporter Marie Sager of Los Angeles, California, said she planned to hike up to the Griffith Observatory to experience the massive lights-out event.

"A good portion of the city is participating. We'll see the Capital Records sign go out. A lot of these places haven't turned out their lights in awhile," Sager said.

Event sponsors hoped participating U.S. cities would set an example for the rest of the world. Video Watch actor Edward Norton and Carter Roberts of the World Wildlife Fund discuss event »

"We think we are going to have 100 million people around the world sending a message that climate change is real, and we need to take action now," World Wildlife Fund CEO Carter Roberts told CNN.

"The world is watching to see what America is going to do," he said, "because if America acts on climate change, the world will follow."

Earth Hour events got off to an unofficial start in the remote Chatham Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean where locals switched off their diesel generators, organizers said. Shortly afterward, 44 New Zealand cities and town joined in the event.
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Organizers say they hope this year's event will send a message to world leaders meeting Copenhagen, Denmark, in December for a major summit on climate change.

"We are asking one billion people to take part in what is essentially the first global vote for action on climate change by turning off their lights for one hour and casting a vote for earth," said executive director Andy Ridley. hour and casting a vote for earth," said executive director Andy Ridley.

frost · 03-28-2009, 11:29 PM

Only got the computer on, sitting in the dark. I feel like a pervert.

BanningZ · 03-28-2009, 11:30 PM

Right on Frost! Me too

BanningZ · 03-28-2009, 11:34 PM

Tomorrows headline:

"Millions injured worldwide fumbling in the dark"

frost · 03-28-2009, 11:35 PM

frost · 03-28-2009, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BanningZ

Tomorrows headline:

"Millions injured worldwide fumbling in the dark"

rofl

"Millions raped, robbed, and beaten to death"

theDreamer · 03-28-2009, 11:42 PM

Ok, fine, I will turn off my server.

I power down all my electronics at night other than my PS3, it folds so I leave it on all the time.

BanningZ · 03-28-2009, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frost

Only got the computer on, sitting in the dark. I feel like a pervert.

You think you feel weird. I turned off every light in the house, I'm sitting here watching cops, and meanwhile there is a frozen dead rat from the pet store defrosting in a plastic bag in the kitchen because I'm snake sitting a 6ft Red tailed Boa for a friend. Now that's weird.

frost · 03-28-2009, 11:52 PM

^ weirder

BanningZ · 03-28-2009, 11:57 PM

BanningZ · 03-29-2009, 01:27 AM

I got so use to the lights being out I forgot they were off. lol. I have re flipped the switch and luminescence has resumed.

frost · 03-29-2009, 02:03 PM

We all know this is useless anyway, saving the environment means buying a white car.

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03-28-2009, 11:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
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03-29-2009, 01:27 AM	#11 (permalink)
BanningZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: nowhere Posts: 5,478 Drives: 06' Nismo Frontier Rep Power: 29	I got so use to the lights being out I forgot they were off. lol. I have re flipped the switch and luminescence has resumed. __________________ Become a Premium Member: Click HERE MB 06' Nismo VQ40DE

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frost Retired admin Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Winterfell Posts: 106,613 Drives: Your Wife Crazy Rep Power: 0	^ weirder

03-29-2009, 02:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
frost Retired admin Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Winterfell Posts: 106,613 Drives: Your Wife Crazy Rep Power: 0	We all know this is useless anyway, saving the environment means buying a white car.

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