3 years ago, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) created Earth Hour to bring climate change awareness on a global level. Their message sent strong waves to everyone as many iconic landmarks, government buildings, offices and homes have become strong participants in Earth Hour.
Earth Hour was created to accomplish one very simple and easy task, have participants turn off their electricity for one hour to show their support for making the future or our planet a brighter one. This year Earth Hour falls on March 27, 2010 at 8:30 p.m. local time and already has received support from 656 cities, towns and municipalities in 80 countries across every continent.
“Earth Hour is inspiring millions of people all around the world to join together and show their concern for the future of our planet,” said Leslie Aun, WWF’s vice president for public relations and the managing director for Earth Hour U.S. 2010. “Here in the U.S., Earth Hour sends a message that Americans are ready to turn out the lights on pollution and climate change and make the switch to energy independence and efficiency.”
If huge iconic landmarks such as the Las Vegas strip, Mount Rushmore, Grand Palace in Bangkok, London Eye and Table Mountain in Cape Town can go into total darkness for one complete hour than so can we. I encourage every single So-Cal Solar Inc. reader to spread the message about Earth Hour and start turning the lights out by the neighborhoods.
Last night I was doing some research when I got sidetracked by a “calculate your carbon footprint” tool. I have seen many of these calculator’s online and have found some to be misleading while others overwhelming. The one I stumbled upon was created by Earthlab (
Ok readers we want to know from all of you “How Green Are You”. Tell us your story on what you do to impact the environment in a positive way. No impact is too small or large and we want to hear about it to share with the world and continue increasing awareness. If you recycle we want hear about it. If you have a solar electric system we want to what your system’s environmental impact has done. If you stopped using plastic bags we want to know how you adjusted from plastic to eco-bags. If you do it all WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT!!!!
