Lights Go Dark Down Under
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 03.29.08
First shots of Sydney with the lights out, lower picture. Not as big a contrast to the picture above as I would have expected.....
If there is one reason why Toronto went so nutso over Earth Hour, it is due to the unwavering support and continuous promotion by the Toronto Star. The Saturday Star (our big paper of the week, because historically papers did not print on Sunday in Canada) is wall-to-wall Earth Hour, from the food to the entertainment to even the wheels section. They really do deserve congratulations for this incredible effort at increasing awareness of environmental issues. See their extraordinary Earth Hour coverage at ::The Star
Sadly, I won't be able to play with everyone for Earth hour.
No lights to turn out - the sun is still up and bright until after 8:30 PM with fantastic skyglow for at least another hour after.
So thanks to all for your Daylight savings, it must all come up to Alaska for the summer.....
Sadly, there really isn't much of a difference in the two pictures. Nice try Sydney.
I just don't think enough people knew about this. Or maybe people just didn't care? I haven't seen any photos of San Francisco yet, but me and my fella went out and couldn't tell the difference at all. We didn't make it over to civic center, the Palace of Fine Arts, or other areas that were supposedly "officially" participating, but as far as our neighborhood goes, it was the same ol' same ol'.