Earth Hour 2009

Let me do my share of showing my support to this global initiative, this year's Earth Hour.

Just for an hour, lets switch off electric lights and other appliances that uses electricity. This is a symbolic act and a good start of a practical habit. Earth Hour happens tonight, March 28, 2009 from 8:30pm until 9:30pm. This is already the third annual worldwide event where millions of homes and businesses and hundreds of major landmarks will go dark for one hour to show that energy conservation is important and to send this message to political leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2009.

Quoting http://www.earthhour.org/, " This year, Earth Hour has been transformed into the world’s first global election, between Earth and global warming. For the first time in history, people of all ages, nationalities, race and background have the opportunity to use their light switch as their vote – Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth, or leaving them on is a vote for global warming. WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. This meeting will determine official government policies to take action against global warming, which will replace the Kyoto Protocol. It is the chance for the people of the world to make their voice heard."

So remember, Earth Hour is at 8:30pm local time wherever you are on planet Earth, Saturday, March 28, 2009.