Earth Day 09

March 28th, 2009 Filed under: Life | Tags: earth, festival

Earth Hour is all about saving some of the serious energy by getting everyone to turn everything off for one hour. I love this idea. It’s a short enough time to really get a wide acceptance rate and to actually become kind of fun. Even businesses get into the spirit of things here in Christchurch turning off all the lights and serving customers at candle light.

This got me thinking, I wonder how many candles will get used during this years Earth Hour. Millions right, so if you take into consideration the energy and resources used to make, distribute and sell those candles how much energy are we actually saving?

Don’t get me wrong I’m still support the cause and will be switching off my lights in 2 hours time, but to go the extra mile I’m also not going to be lighting any candles. I suggest you do the same. So find some mates and enjoy some good conversation and beers in the dark.

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