EARTH HOUR

At 8pm on March 29th 2008, people around the world showed the earth a little love. Initiated by Sydney’s effort in 2007, Earth Hour became a global movement this year, with millions turning off their electricity and appliances to take a stand against human-induced climate change.

Article talks about the events going on for Earth Day 2008.

A new survey suggests most Canadians think Earth Hour should happen more often.

In fact, the Harris-Decima poll suggests more than a third of Canadians wouldn’t mind flicking off their lights and appliances for an hour as often as once a month.

Did you observe Earth Hour? Or, like me, were your plans derailed, despite your best intentions?

A worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.

Studies show about half the energy to run a PC is wasted. Further, according to industry researchers Gartner Group, PC and monitor combinations account for 40 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions associated with IT devices. PCenergySaver is the tool to let you manage the power settings to stop this 'vampire power'.

What are you doing this weekend? if you're still looking for ideas, Eco-Libris blog has few green recommendations for you.

Stuck for ideas on how to spend an hour in the dark? Lower Footprint reports five things to do when you turn your power off tonight at 8:00pm and also five things not to do. One of them includes a Death Ray Weapon.

In what is perhaps the most widely-anticipated Earth Hour event, people across the world are getting ready to tune out of the grid and tune into their environment. One way to spend the self-imposed blackout is to simply look up; overcrowded city streets and light pollution often mean we miss (and frequently forget) how truly brilliant our night sky can be.

Earth Hour is today (!!!), and even huge Google has got into the act, turning itself black. This should help to bring a lot of attention to Earth Hour...

A World Wide energy conservation action taking place on March 29th, 2008...Be a part of it... Check it out...

Coming up towards the end of this month is something called “Earth Hour.” Countries and cities from all across the globe are joining together to turn off their lights in unison for one hour.