Tonight at 8:30 pm (local time) is the 2010 celebration of Earth Hour.It's easy to participate, just turn your non-essential lights off for 60 minutes starting at 8:30 pm.
Although probably not as noticeable in non-urban areas, if you happen to live in a city, take a look out your window - the impact is pretty amazing.
On Earth Hour, hundreds of millions of people around the world will come together to call for action on climate change by doing something quite simple—turning off their lights for one hour. The movement symbolizes that by working together, each of us can make a positive impact in this fight, protecting our future and that of future generations...The first Earth hour took place in Sydney Australia in 2007 and was conceived by WWF (World Wildlife Fund) and The Sydney Morning Herald - 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights in this inaugural event, the world joined in the following year.
Earth Hour is the largest climate event in history. In 2009, more than 4,000 cities in 87 countries went dark. Here in the United States, an estimated 80 million Americans participated, along with 318 cities and 8 US states.
~ EarthHour.org
Join the rest of the world - be a part of Earth Hour 2010!
This video of participating cities from 2009 is pretty amazing -
And check out this series of photos from the Boston Globe of the impact on some iconic monuments from last year's Earth Hour post on the White House blog.
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