Tonight is Earth Hour. At 8:30 PM local time, thousands of individuals, companies, landmarks, and state and municipal governments will be turning off their lights for an hour to fight climate change.
I’ll be joining them. Will you?
Earth Hour is a symbolic action to raise awareness about climate change, but it’s a very powerful one. How powerful? It’s already started in New Zealand, and you can see a slideshow on the site of places that are turning out the lights (with before and after views). It’s visually impressive. It’s also easy – just about anyone can do it. Even my office building is participating, which is both cool and a little strange (why should an office building ever need lights on a Saturday night?). But still, I’m proud of them for making a point of it.
If you join by signing up on the website, you can be counted towards your state’s participation.
Will you be turning off your lights tonight? What will you do during your hour of darkness?