60 Things To Do During Earth Hour
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 03.29.08
If you are like me and cannot imagine how you will last an hour without using electricity (can I borrow a OLPC hand-cranked computer anyone?) the Globe and Mail provides sixty suggestions for passing the time, including:
2. Go for a walk and see what the neighbours have switched off.
3. Or turn on all the lights in every room and see how long it takes before someone knocks on your door.
5. One word: Fondue! You get a great meal, no electricity required.
15. Go totally 18th-century and play charades by candlelight.
16. Look for stars in the darker night sky, or moon dance.
23. Prove to yourself that, yes, you can go 60 minutes without updating your Facebook status.
47. Sit in a drumming circle around a candlelit shrine to David Suzuki.
57. Get busy and procreate the next generation of resource-sucking bipeds.
58. Start a pool on whether there will be a baby spike in nine months. ::Globe and Mail
Over at the Enchanted Gift Shop we'll be doing number 10 I think .... Debating whether one hour can trigger social change - either that or we will all talk about what we have done this year to reduce our impact on the earth!
My computer is solar powered,so is it ok to use it?
Do people read what Earth Hour is about? It is to turn off the LIGHTS for ONE HOUR. Lights, are not computers, tv, fridge, or any of the other things that run normally during that hour. Let's all read at the website what this is about... www.earthhour.org
47, good one:)
Here's my take on it:
http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2008/03/29/lights-out-at-8/
47, good one:)
Here's my take on it:
http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2008/03/29/lights-out-at-8/