My cranky level is on low right now—thanks to you Mr. President and your totally infectious smile!
I was very glad to find out that on Saturday the 27th of March –(the largest PUBLIC call to action EVER) took place, as thousands of citizens throughout the world turned off their lights for one full hour.
This is called Earth Hour and it’s the second year in which I was involved. The aim of this public participation is to draw attention to the problems associated with Climate Change and the shocking effects on our wildlife and us.
In this country and many others-- we the people have so much to do every day—just in order to survive—that we don’t have the luxury of time to participate in every cause that comes our way—but this is so easy.
While there are many ways to draw attention to the problems of Global Warming and yes –all this crazy weather we are all having throughout the world is caused by the Global Warming -- just turn off all your lights for one full hour and see how it changes your outlook!
I found myself sitting on the same sofa that I use to watch the almighty TV screen—but facing away from it—and it was great. Just conversation for a full hour, in which we’d normally be paying only partial attention to each other while being fully engrossed in our PC or other electronic communication device.
While I love all my modern conveniences, it costs a lot of money and energy to have it all. Not that I personally have anything of value—my TVs are old, very old, as is my PC and my car—but they work and I will not replace them unless they are actually broken, but I love my cable service and all the choices it gives me—(and of course the Super-fast internet)—but that’s another subject for another day.
It was actually my favorite and progressive radio-station AM-1090, which reminded me to turn off my lights—and I thank them for that.
I also want to thank all the organizers around the world, including those in my State of Washington, who turned off major lights around the city of Seattle, including those of the Space Needle and Pike Place markets. I read that places like New York City, turned off all their lights on the tallest buildings like the Empire State and the Chrysler Buildings, and I wish I had been there –and everywhere else to watch the lights go out.
Altogether more than 4000 cities took part in this event—and I want to thank you all!
I wonder how much energy we actually saved and how much we could save if we turned our lights off everyday for one hour?
It could be done while people were out shopping or working or even while we sleep—which makes the most sense to me.
All we need is some kind of master switch and a system that keeps our electronic clocks running throughout the night—so we don’t have to reset everything all the time and it could work.
I’m sure that some people already have these systems in place—but I wonder if they actually use them?
