What do you plan to do for Earth Hour 2011?
On Saturday, March 26, 2011, at 8:30p.m., major cities and countries are encouraged to turn off their lights for one whole hour. Do you plan to participate in Earth Hour 2011?
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, in order to take a stand against climate change. Earth Hour 2010 became the biggest Earth Hour ever with 128 countries participating and landmarks across the country stood in darkness.
This year, WWF is encouraging everyone to go beyond the hour. Whether it’s turning off the AC and opening the windows or cutting back on water and taking shorter showers, one single action from you can help lead to a more sustainable Earth, even when the lights come back on!
If you do plan on participating, help spread the word through Facebook, Twitter or even YouTube. So start here and tell us what you plan to do for Earth Hour 2011.
“On Earth Hour 2011, I plan on….”
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i will turn on all of the lights
I plan on drawing, listening to music, or… forgetting to turn off the lights.
On Earth Hour 2011, I plan on closing the lights and buying some candles to help the enviroment.;)
i heard on the news that they were canceling earth hour to do more community events
I plan to turn on EVERY light I can AND do a load of laundry while the dishwasher and TV are both running. ‘Earth Hour’ is a publicity stunt that is not even intended to have any impact on the environment.
I’m not sure I want to turn on all of my lights, but I like that idea. Personally, I don’t care what the WWF (is this a green organization or is it the company that does fake sporting events?) thinks. I don’t know what I’ll do during this particular hour yet, but it won’t be any different than a usual Saturday night for me. I’m thankful for the Tea Party, which has probably stopped the Cap and Tax scheme.
i may conserve my power i do not know for sure though yet, after all it’s NCAA tourney time but i will try to conserve.
I will get together with my neighborhood have a big cookout in the parking lot of the snow laden apartment where we will all commisterate about global warming.
I would take a shorter bath.I will use less stove that day !
Quite frankly, I will still be hiking and zip lining
I probably will turn off all the lights, because I will be asleep by then since I need to wake up early on Sunday so I can get my 3DS ASAP.
Don’t worry, I still care for the environment.
whats wrong with you people?
yeah probly turning out the lights for an hour doesnt do too much to the enviorment but it conserves just a tiinnyyy bit of energy. it wastes just a tiinnnyy bit less fossil fuel. A tiinnyy bit mooorreee time for our earth to survive. animals that were plentifull 10 years ago are almost extint today.
its YOUR world you’re living in. and you guys are destroying it like nothing would happen. Wouldnt you want your children to abel to here about polar bears.. still alive? Wouldnt you like to hear about the ozone repairing itself instead of getting torn apart?
Its not just one person’s job to clean up your trash nd turn out your lights and waste less water. Its a global effort. and if you want to be abel to smell clean air and see clean forest then you have to quit being such a lazy a** and recycle and not use a/c if you dont need it and walk somewhere nearby instead of driving 2 minutes.
or ride the bus or carpool with friends!
i dont know about you but i actually want to breathe clean air and still have fuel to keep my house running. I want my children to, too. And my grandchildren if we are actually responsible enough for them to be born into this world.
We’re really killing ourselves by being so irresponsible and selfish
Lighting candles… turning off A/C and opening the windows… grabbing some massage oil and enjoying my husband… : D
Star gazing of course. The best time for it. That opportunity for dark sky’s won’t come around again.
On Earth Hour 2011, I plan on reading in the room that everyone else is in – only 1 light on in the house – or sleeping early so that no light will be on in the house!
For earth hour, me and my friends all have a sleepover with a ton of candles we all sit around eating ice cream sundaes and singing songs its so fun!!!
I will turn off the lights for one hour. Also, look outside to see if other people have done so. (they dont usually)
The psychic prediction forecast for the year of 2011 is shocking so far as floods and earthquakes are concerned. The apocalypse is more of a long transition of progressive earth changes that includes flood, famine, plague, and earth changes rather than one huge overnight episode of calamity as told by the Mayan 2012 galactic alignment calendar.
Unfortunately, like last year I will be at work then. A large department store that is open until 10pm on Saturdays is not a good place to be shutting off the lights after dark.
In my city here in the Philippines we have no choice because the Electric Company will imposed a one hour brown-out to comply with Earth Hour. Anyway my emergency generator is on stand-by.
I won’t do anything else beyond the required hour of turning off the lights.
I already recycle darned near everything I can. I use Freecycle for books, clothes, unwanted household items, etc. I cut back on using the dishwasher, laundry (doing bigger loads instead of several small ones), use reusable bags every time I shop & other stuff.
WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) hasn’t proven to anyone that this Earth Hour has done any good besides cut power consumption by 1% or even less. When it’s bigger than that, I’ll happily find a way to do more.
I will be sleeping and so in turn I will be saving energy in my own way without others controlling my actions. I love the whole idea of helping out the planet, but just not the whole commercialization and money grubbing happening behind the scenes. They may say there isnt, but I am sure there is. I hit the bed at 7:40 on the weekends so I will be asleep long before 8:30.
light out, uh huh, flash flash flash
also prolly take a nap
I guess i could burn my old tire pile in the yard
omg. it was -25 this past winter in colorado. we were freezing our butts off. global warming doesn’t exist. and turning off lights for an hour won’t do much if it did. get a life people! i’m not doin nutttin for global warmin! its just a dumb made-up theory like evolution and big-bang. that is my opinion that i am entitled to.
I will, as I have every year, idle my car. Proudly.
I plan on doing nothing different. This makes it seem like you are doing something important, but it just a sop to make you feel good and then be able to brag that see I care for the environment. I plan on and have done things like turn off lights when not in use and turn off the A/C when not in the room. Switched to those energy saver bulbs and take showers in 5 minutes only turning on the water when needed. Not because I care a fig about the environment, but because as it is utilities are just to expensive.
I am planning on turning of all the lights and having dinner by candle light and a cards and games night with my friends with no lights or electrical appliances.
Another option, I might turn of all the un-neccesary electricity in the house and go camping for the night..
I don’t see what’s wrong with some energy conservation, even if it could be bogus, why not do something that you can imagine others doing all over- all at the same time- If not only to remind yourself how electricity should not be taken for granted. some have it, others don’t. some abruptly lose it, some never knew of it. I say it is something you can at least appreciate more by removing it for 1 little hour of your lives. you never know what may occur that could cancel it out for you. Why don’t you appreciate it, humor it, participate, and change things up for a little ol’ hour. Collective movements have some sort of influence, and you have the power to choose how it affects you just by participating. Come on, don’t be so uncaring and selfish. Just let go. Impacts aren’t usually known to one person but by all. Take heed of what you have and let go of taking things for granted.
why cant we use candles all the time
im going to dig a big hole until i hit pipes or maybe some oil anyone else???
I am going to DEMAND that all active volcanoes stop it! Right NOW!
I am going to DEMAND the Earth not wobble on its axis!
I am going to DEMAND the Sun not go through cycles of increased and decreased sunspot activity!
wow why is everyone here a douche.
i’ll try to remember to use less light on saturday…but whats up with all the haters. Fine run all your lights all day, your bill will go up, not mine!
and of course it wont have any impact on the environment, its only 1 hour out of the 50million hours in a year…so calm down, its supposed to be for awareness, not to literally try to save the world.
If they seriously wanted you to save the world by using less electricity, your power would be cut-off by force or the price will just go so high that you’ld WANT to use less energy.
I’m not poor at all, at all, and i still plan to save energy.
Ima gonna turn off all the lights ‘n heat. Then Ima gonna gonna make a fire in da fireplace, light a bunch o’ candles ‘n turn on my kerosene heaters ’cause it’s better that we all release carbon monoxide into the environment instead of carbon dioxide like the evil power companies do.
Why only for an hour? No matter how many people turn their lights for an hour, it’s going to be like taking a sole bucket of water out of the ocean. If they want to make a difference, they’ll need to have lights off for a lot longer than a sole hour.
Try going a whole week where you leave your lights off for two or more hours each night. Try doing that for a month. Then, maybe then, it will work. But shutting off lights for one hour, being earth conscious for one measly hour of one day of one year is going to absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things.
how much carbon is saved by replacing 60 watt bulb with 18 watt cfl
I am going to turn off my headlights.
Going to turn off every ones power in the street
Burning candels emit CO2
I will read a book probably
I thought the lights would be turned off involuntary…
If not then I’d turn all the lights in my house off and light a little candle. I’ll appreciate the darkness, be mesmerized by the candle’s flickering light and stare at the night sky watching the stars.
I plan on doing nothing… and I mean nothing..
I won’t watch tv.. all the lights wil be turned off… I’ll be sweating that’s for sure…and well…
Wait!- i will be doing something… I’ll be spreading the news about the earth hour…:)
I plan on being outside do some relatively un-Light-Polluted Astronomical Observing, UNLESS it’s cloudy
Break into bank vaults …lol
Conserve Body heat by laying naked next to partner ;D
It is life as usual for me. Nothing special sadly
I don’t plan to do anything, because as we all know global warming is not serious. My parents though will make me conserve energy for an hour…
I do earth day every night. I have dinner by candle light, if the weather is warm i plan on going for a walk by candle light
I will do my bit for the enviroment by turning all my lights off and light a candle instead and turn all plug sockets to off. I will take a job and if i see rubbish then pick it up and put it in the bin to get the planet cleaner then when i get back have a quick shower than a bath.
it’s already dark during 8:30 pm, so i’ll change my earth hour into 3:00 pm.
in that one hour, I plan to paint, listen to music, write poems and ….. clean up?
but.. an hour isn’t enough. WWF should realize that they should turn it into EARTH YEAR.. or.. EARTH DECADE.. infact every hour, should be earth hour, or everyday should be earth day!
Earth Hour again? There used to be an Earth Day. Tree huggers have just gotten lazy.
Well, since climate change has been happening for century’s and is a naturally occurring I will burn tires, turn on all my lights, The only reason I would try to save power is to save money.
Note, its funny that this earth thing was made to combat global warming, but after that was disproved they act like they meant climate change the whole time. There isn’t enough data for you to say the climate is changing unnaturally, it proves that the people that mad it up were not extrapolating their data correctly. You can’t make a large assumption with a small amount of data.
I’m going to disconnect everything except the clock in my bedroom and going to bed as I do every night at 8:30to conserve energy and to lower my power bill. Believe it or not, while appliances and electronics may not be in use, if they are still plugged into the outlet, they are still consuming energy.
I plan on going on and starting all my cars and letting them run for an hours.. in protest of all the freaking snow and cold we’ve had for the past month!
I will keep using my electricity.
I plan on sleeping right before earth hour
I do that anyway, every day of the year, not just one day a year. I use candles because I like candles. If I have a light on at all, it’s a little 9volt light for the hallway. I used to be a stage hand, so I’m used to working and seeing in the dark.
Like christmas, the spirit of it can easily be celebrated every day of the year instead of being isolated to one day only. People can share and be kind to each another everyday instead of reserving that attitude, or spirit, for just one day out of the whole year. Makes absolutely no sense to me…
And as you can see here from some of the negative responses, this is WHY so much energy is being wasted. Some are way too arrogant to care at this point of their lives.
Be myself. I’m a human being, not a sheep.
I use my PC for a few hours a day and watch TV for another few hours so I’ll turn all of them off even for an hour, it’s not like i’m going to die without them. I’ll get to my papers and books
I plan to turn off all the lights, TV, “extraneous” electricity (the fridge stays on!) as I did last year — only THIS year I won’t be thinking, “Oh, goody, now I can spend a ‘quiet’ hour, surfing online.” (No, no, no. I remembered in time last year that the laptop is also plugged in!).
Sitting in the still of the night has its attractions…
Well I plan to turn out the lights and use candles for an hour. I also asked the neighbour lady to share a shower during this time , but she slaped so hard that she dam near knocked my teeth out.
I wont do anything differently. Just a gimmick to try and raise awareness. Why not make an earth decade? or an earth century? Wouldnt those have a more lasting impact?
I’m going to burn enough candles, like in the picture above, to increase my carbon footprint by a factor of five.
Probably the same thing I do most nights–
Sit in the dark and play Angry Birds on my iPad, lol.
Join the movement towards clean energy!..Please?
Hey i would like if you can all join my event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198057306893024
Please and thank you.
I plan on reading a book under the candle light…
i will do earth hour between 2 am and 3am when i’m asleep, otherwise i might get bored.
Me and my boyfriend are going to turn off all the lights and light candles
Nothing, sounds like more liberal crap to me.
It is not only on a certain date, I am trying my best to switch off all the uneccesary things around the house all year round
I Live in Las Vegas so we are going to the strip to see the casinos turn out the lights. We are also going to turn everything in our home off (except the fridge) for the day.
I always try to turn off lights i don’t need on. but its hard with my parents at home, but when im alone, i watch tv in the dark, and do everything with the minimal amount of energy used. i will do my best to have my parents participate, but its hard to convince them anything.
I plan on to go to my cousin’s house and play on his trampoline. I’ll probably turn off my phone too, only cuz I get a lot texts!
I plan on playing with my little sister and go outside. Even though the weather is as crappy as ever!
I am planning on keeping my lights off all night and using my new brilliant candles!
I will live my life as I always do. It is a scientific fact that burning a single candle for one hour emits 100 times more carbon than an incandescent lightbuld, and 300 times more carbon than a CFL bulb. Not that it really matters, since global warming is a hoax.
I plan to ignore it. What good do symbolic gestures do?
The same thing I do every night: Try and take over the world.
i will turn off all the lights and open the windows, turn off the tv as well. i have been taking showers that last 10-15 min long i no but my old showers were 30-40 min. (i take after my aunt her showers are erealyyy long sometimes over an hour!)
To whoever said this: “I plan on doing nothing different. This makes it seem like you are doing something important, but it just a sop to make you feel good and then be able to brag that see I care for the environment. I plan on and have done things like turn off lights when not in use and turn off the A/C when not in the room. Switched to those energy saver bulbs and take showers in 5 minutes only turning on the water when needed. Not because I care a fig about the environment, but because as it is utilities are just to expensive.” – Well, you’re a absolute idiot. Of course Global warming and evolution exists, I mean how stupid can you be ? I bet you’re American as well…
I try to conserve energy as much as we can in family house hold. The utilities bill is out of control, Earth Day or not we try cutting the monthly utilities bill if we can so nothing harm to participate especially if these Earth day would help conserve energy & will lessen our utility bills why not participate?
ill remember how much the new world order has a hold of people.
Sleep!
I will do as usual. Keep everything that is not in use switched off. I dont want the Utility company owners and shareholders to be richer at my expense.
Well I thought I’d carry on as normal because if you think swirching off lights for one hour is going to make a scrap of differnce, then you also believe in Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy .
I will do as usual. Keep everything that is not in use switched off. I dont want the Utility company owners and shareholders to be richer at my expense.
~ Citizen of God’s own Country.
I never heard of this Earth Day but I would be willing to try it as I depend on all those things at all times of the day. Should be interesting to see how I do! Thanks for sharing and putting me to the test!
Does this count laptops?
i will surely try to put off all the unnecessary lights…
what say,, would go for a family candle light dinner
I will try my best to remember and probably light candles and spend time with my family ! and why are so many of you being negative, if you don’t have something nice to say why say it at all?
I will turn off my computers because i usually always have them on even though im not usuing them another waste of electricity for me
In Pakistan, the people are forced to “celebrate” the Earth hour every day due to the “load-shedding” by the utility companies. They are even being forced to “celebrate” the Earth day, Earth week and Earth month. This is not sarcasm. This is reality.
http://careers.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=29933
turn lights off Procreate !
Is this 8:30 p.m. no matter where we are in the world, or is it 8:30 Sydney Australia time adjusted to our local time?
Although it might seem like it’s not going to do much, it actually will, if EVERYBODY does it. One person might not make a change, but if everybody helps out, it will make a difference. So stop being selfish. This is a chance to make a change and save the Earth! Don’t you want your children, grandchildren, and even great grandchildren to breath in clean air? To have a good life and to be able to here that polar bears and tigers are still alive? Wouldnt you like to hear about the ozone repairing itself instead of getting torn apart?
Animals that were plentifull 10 years ago, are almost extinct today! We humans are way too selfish and we do everything we want, without caring for the animals, environment….. actually, everything! We need to stop being so selfish and irresponsible or else we’ll just be causing more destuction. Although we destroy the Earth, we live on the Earth. That means we’re just hurting ourselves. This is OUR chance. Yes, “our” as in all of us!
I don’t know about you, but i actually want to breathe clean air and still have fuel, electricity, and clean water to keep my house running. I want my children to, too. And my (great) grandchildren if we are actually responsible enough for them to be born into this world.
We’re really killing ourselves by being so irresponsible and selfish.
This is a chance, take it
I find it amusing that so many people think burning candles is good for the environment. Candles emit carbon dioxide, and are made from paraffin which comes out of the ground right along with petroleum and natural gas. Unless you burn soy candles or beeswax, your candles are burning fossil fuel and probably emmiting more carbon dioxide than a low-wattage lamp would burn. Candles also give off soot, which is a hazardous particulate that is considered dangerous when it comes out of a tailpipe. To add to that some candle wicks contain lead and you will be breathing that. An old EPA study said “Burning only two candles three hours each day on a regular basis in the home could increase exposure to airborne lead by a factor of 5 or more.” People will never be “green” if they don’t bother to learn about the products they use.
I plan on doing the same as always. If, I remember correctly, the earthday event took place and when finished, there was trash everywhere. Earthday means nothing to me and I don’t litter.
i will turn off everyhting in my house and just relax without electricity for once.
(also people, stop being so negitive, a million people turning off all electricity for an hour can make a HUGE difference)
i will turn off my lights and probably just play my psp for an hour or read a book or something, i like the grilling idea but i have nothing so i will just turn on the grill for a little bit and pretend that theres steak on it lol!!!!
i will be up sharing random stories with my sister…maybe texting a few friends too
I’m going to have a nice quiet evening.. Until I turn on all the lights and play Left 4 Dead with the sound cranked up on my sound system.
Zombie Apocalypse Awareness day!
During the Earth hour, I’ll light a candle, turn of all the light and play in the dark with my friends
woops :/ i forgot
I have my earth our when I sleep
I will eat an Egg McMuffin and drink
Vodka with my little love and dog Velma.
We will, for the third year in a row, turn off all the electricity at the circuit breaker and have fun playing games by candle light. No, it does seem like it will make a lot of difference to turn the lights out for an hour, but when millions of people and even municipalities do it, it does make a bit of a difference, and it brings awareness. But even beyond that, at least in our house, it brings us closer together. We go so far as to not even use anything that will have to be recharged, we use no power, stored or not, during that hour. How many hours a year do you spend with your family with no distractions?
I do not do this for “Global Warming” I do it for energy conservation, period.
Earth hour is stupid
I’ll absolutely take a stand and turn off the lights, and maybe unplug everything I can. In addition, I’ll pray that the idiots on this comment thread will grow a brain and evolve some level of awareness beyond their smartphone and TV screens. Grow up. It’s people like you who are killing this planet.
On Earth Hour 2011, I will be asleep at 8:30 because I’m just sooooo tired today…
To be honest, it gives me a great excuse to turn off all the lights… Light some nice scented candles, and get naked with my boyfriend
I live in Pakista, We celebrate this day 365 days and almost 3 to 9 times a day…. sometimes 12 to 18 times a day or even 21 times a day!!
i will go off line
“stand against climate change”
You mean you never want the climate to change???
Funny – like rain all the time or sunshine all the time???
i never have lights on anyway
Avoid all the crap on TV like on every other Saturday!
I will make sure to turn off all the lights and any electricity that we are using. I live with my mom and I’ll inform her about this. I’m sure once I explain to her the purpose she’ll be fine for an hr. Then she can go back to normal life.
I never heard of this, haven’t seen anyone post it on facebook, so I’ll make sure to post it and tell the people I know.(=
Definitely no.Thanks for informing me though.I don’t believe scientists are telling us the whole truth.They fit the facts to their theory.They need to be questioned, and this debate to come out into the open.How can we make a reasoned decision when we only read or hear edited facts on both side scientists pro climate change theory (man made) and scientists anti climate change theory(man made).
We need to know where the data is compiled,who by,what is include,what’s excluded.
turn off all lights, go outside and watch the night sky. With all the lights out (hopeful) the night sky would be brighter. Lights out now
For me,this means a lot. To read all the stupid comments,about being selfish really ticks me off.
So for once in your life,you cant step aside to save your own personal life. You don’t respect such things now,but think about your kids,your grandkids. As well as others to come. What will it be life with out fossil fuel,energy?
Until we find away to live with out it,we need to conserve it. If everyone would just do it,for just that one simple hour. Can you imagine all that is being saved? Think of everyone in the world. Millions & millions it really does/will help.
For you guys to get on here & show your ignorance is not needed. Why take time,to post such useless things? Hopefully,one day you will see the use in this day.
I take part in earth hour EVERY HOUR. I’m sick of these large companies and idiots that advertise participation in “earth hour”, and then go back to ripping up the planet. Sorry, but it’s nothing better than an ego boosting event, for those who normally couldn’t care less, but want to show they’re “doing their bit”.
Im turning off all the lights, Heat, & Tv.
We wont cook or do laundry.
Im 14 so I think i have a better head on my shoulders Then The Goons ^ ^ ^
Seriously Get up off your fat a-sses And Lay off the food for a bit mmkay?
I am mostly asleep most of the day so the lights are always off and work during the night. But i have to keep my TV on mid volume because everybody notices that i leave to work during the night and somebody could help themselves on my favorable stuff while i am working during the night.
roasting marsh-mellows over the fire with my good friends.
Cook my food with a candle instead of the oven.
Lol
If every one were to shut off their lights and power at the same time for one hour, it would take even more energy to turn every thing back on.
How about people going out and picking up trash?
Or going to fishing areas and cleaning up the unwanted fishing line that birds, fish, and other wild life get entagled into.
umm.. turn off the lights lolz!
I plan on having sex with lights off XD
Play my guitar
I am going to do this, and I’ll tell my family to it as well. I don’t care if people think it’s a “publicity stunt”, what is the harm in trying, eh?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS!?!?!? don’t pretend like your some smart,liberal hippi by saying you don’y want to turn of the lights because it wont help.to be honest one hour will only just help a little but if it wans’t for you people that have indirected EGOS that try to tell themself “this is just a publicity stunt” when you know you guys are just to F******* LAZY
I’ll do something that actually matters like pick up litter (since I’m outside, my home’s lights will be off). I don’t need a special day or hour to care about the environment. You gotta be the change you wanna see.
I’m all for keeping the planet clean, but such rituals as this prove to me that once again the climate change movement is largely a religious one for the unquestioning zealots and the posers. Wow. What effort. You tuned your lights off? GO OUTSIDE AND DO SOMETHING THAT MATTERS (and turn your damn lights off like most reasonable people). The idea of celebrating and seeking recognition for something you should be doing anyway is just laughable. Here’s a thought: Demand a pat on the back for not shoving food in your maws for a whole hour. Obesity and factory farming are two other issues that affect the environment. You didn’t stuff your pie hole? You are special and get a medal… now, back to the trough.
Believe as you will but I find many of the true beleivers obnoxious, close minded misanthropes… not a team I will ever embrace. Celebrating and ritualizing what you should be doing anyway? Bizarre….
I just wanna say.Does it make any difference by cuuting of all the lights for only 1hour?I think it’s not!So why they are doing this?
I agree with Maddie anybody that disagrees with her on any subject should just keep their mouth shut. All you other people don’t have a right to your own thoughts or have your own opinion on the matter. Quit hating! Right, Maddie?
As for me, Earth is not my lord. I’ll not worship at that altar.
All you gotta do is turn off your light and other then its Earth Hour
I’m employed by a organization which manages a homeless shelter, & I’m a live-in employee. In spite of the fact that there are 60+ other people here, I will attempt to convince them to comply w/ this observance.
OMG, that means I’ll have to shut down the computer too! Will I be able to survive? LOL!
Use a fan heater to keep myself warm.
I plan on praying and reading my sci-fi novels.
Its not to save the world in an hour, its to spread the awareness of Global Warming and how much just turning off your lights can do even if it doesnt save up all the energy in the world and its barely makes an impact, it still will be the start of a better world:)
turning off the lights
On earth hour 2011, I plan on bringing out the candles and playing board games as well as card games and just enjoying the stars hopeful it is a clear night.
turn off the lights and shit… duhhh….. wht kinda q is that?
I’ll shut off all the lights! In fact, it’s Earth Hour here right now, and me and my mom are sitting in the livingroom with candles – no lights are on!
It’s kinda fun!
We do this for the sake of our planet earth and in hope for a better future. Happy Earth Hour!
I’m not going to use much energy because I really can’t afford it, thanks to all the knuckle heads that are keeping us from the energy we need. As far as the so called global warming goes as far as I can tell it is BS; one does have to do too much vetting to find that out.
I will turn off all the light in my house. ♥
I will turn off the lights and have caandles:D But we will probably have the tv on…xD
But i help in a different way, by planting trees. (we do grafting and grow apple trees) :3 xD lol
Unfortunately,I cannot participate because I will be working the night shift and I need the lights and everything else on at work for what I do.
If I have to use the bathroom during earth hour I will use one square of toilet paper.
Oh, and pray for a healthier planet to live on.
Gobal Warming? Yeah right, if this earth was overheating, then why was it snowing here in end of MARCH in SOUTH KOREA!!!
To me it is not the energy conservation that is significant here. It is the unity, the symbolism, the overall respect for our environment and the idea of putting something first, besides our own needs. It is the idea of respecting anything period. It is about honoring and about the human species letting their guard down and coming together and letting go of insecurities and skepticism and societys “what about me” attitude.
It isn’t really about energy conservation that much. To conserve energy is simpler that to overcome the issues that plague our character.
Gobal Warming? Yeah right, if this earth was overheating, then why was it snowing here in end of MARCH in SOUTH KOREA!!!
To be honest, I think our calenders are off. For example. People have been stating that we have had a “longer summer” and a “longer winter” I think our timing is off in the sense that the seasons are rotating. Perhaps even our magnetic poles are shifting in space. Perhaps the North and South pole will become the new equator as the old one becomes a new pole. Makes sense since our planet and core are rotational
I’ll do nothing special.
Or maybe buy some candles, just because it’s ironic how much more polluting candles are compared to nuclear energy.
Wow Steven, and you think that what you’re going to do is going to HELP? Publicity for what? At least turning off all the lights isn’t wasting electricity.
Such ignorance.
Earth Hour!?! You got to be kidding.
I’ll turn off my computers, printers and flat panel TV’s because they use a LOT of power; I won’t use the laundry and will try not to open the fridge. I will walk around the house, annoyed by all the “phantom” power lights that use power to indicate the appliance is “off”. I’ll then sit in the dark thinking about how much I take electricity for granted… hopefully I can last a full hour.
Absolutely NOTHING
This is AWESOME! More excuse for me to turn on candles and spend some “me-time,” meditating, etc with the lights off.
What’s with the cheesy comments bragging about their cheesy [jokes?] lifestyle? lol Ok.. good for you, you’re going to be up playing video games, with the lights on, whatever floats yer boat. xD
I would turn on every single light and keep my TV and computer running for 48 hours just to ensure that I was positive for it!
I do love the earth now don’t I?!
Sadly, none of this will really help the Earth. It’s already screwed up anyway and we’re all pretty much screwed.
Not to be Debbie Downer, but it’s true.
So, I’ll be online. Using my laptop battery. Hey, DC power doesn’t use any outlet energy.
I APPLAUD whoever-it-was who developed this idea.
Since every (and I stress) EVERY location on earth needs to slow down our energy consumption, why not give a test-run at it? This hopefully will show us how “painless” energy conservation is.
%Every great concept had a beginning-point;
Microsoft(r) started with two guys tinkering in a garage,
Johann Sebastian Bach was merely encouraged to study music,
Albert Einstein was dubbed a “learning-disabled” <-I hope you understand my context by mentioning this.
…..Each one had a starting point, although small. Look at the overall effect each has / had on life, today.
I plan to turn off ALL my utilities to my house during this hour.
Since I am already repairing the natural gas line to my kitchen – this is already off,
I can also open the fuse-circuit to my house at the fuse-switch
i have earth MONTH almost all the time becuz i never keep my bills paid…..smdh
If we really want to safethe earth by cutting electricity, why not do it during the day when all business are open, shut it all down for 1 hour. This will save more than doing it on a Sat night when most people are using a minimal power anyways.
But they will not…why ??
iv only just heard about this sort of thing now as i was reading, what a shame x
turn off all the lights, light candles, relax
NOTHING Its already TOO LATE, Our ignorance will be the downfall of this planet. If you really think about it. We Are the Scumbag species of this planet. Yes we do have the power to manipulate Almost everything that comes in our way, But we never use these techniques for good, The more we control the more we want to control. If there was only a way to wipe out the bad guys, how can you when bad guys rule the world?
nothing why turn off lights people will still be running powerplants nuculear plant oil plants ect.ect.makes no difference weather or not i turn off lights
I’ll do what I always do. Not waste electricity, continue recycling, and get my news from different sources inside and outside the United States.
I do think Earth Hour is a good idea for demonstrative purposes and that is why I will participate. It shows what “the people” can do when they stick together. If companies see a tracable result in the form of decreased usage, it’s mission accomplished.
I plan to play my PS3 with the lights on in a small room.
I was watching a movie with the lights off then. First time I’ve come close to doing it.
I just got out of the shower about 10 minutes ago. ^_^ For Earth Hour, me and several girls from my school went down to the gym @ 8:30p and played dodge ball with the lights out (emergency lights were on and we wore glow sticks around our necks, head, legs, and wrists). It was actually quite fun. This ended about 9:45p and then for about 10 minutes, my roomie and I chilled outside in the rain! It felt so good… laying on the bench with the rain coming down on my body… I really needed this experience!
Earth Hour has been a fun experience.
I DIDN’T TURN OFF MY LIGHT AND I FEEL SO BAD! WE SHOULD BE Grateful towards planet earth
i am an environmentalist and Republican to the hilt! So i already do a lot. I believe each person is responsible to keep what we have on this Earth the way it should be. I probably won’t do anything differently since I already do so much.
I turned off my light and relcutantly my tv. Sitting here in darkness with just my laptop on and a few candles around me, not only is it good for the Earth but its good for you . . . so quiet!
I was playing video games oops
I always make sure that I go around to the neighborhood and make sure that everyone turns on every light in the house.
If you want to live in the 1700′s, go ahead, electricity has made better medicine possible, allowed children to go to school rather than be forced to work in factories, allowed women to get out of the home if they choose, allowed the preservation of food and the lengthening of life spans.
All you enviromental freaks should turn off your power PERMANENTLY if you don’t like electricity, let’s see you practice what you tell the rest of us to do.
whale
i will sleep…at least i am not watching telivission or surfing.
I will do nothing. Climate change is a natural process; to think that humans can possibly change the global climate is simply ludicrous! Anyone who believes the drivel in “An Inconvenient Truth” is believing a convenient lie. The data clearly show the natural cycles Earth has endured over it’s 4.5-billion-year life, and humans are nothing more than a blip on that scale. Climate change? It’s natural. Mentality change? That’s something that will take a cosmic event to affect in even the smallest degree!
I’m going to turn off all my lights but I think that’s unsafe so I’m going to put out load of lava lamps in each room, turn on all the TV’s and computers and use a torch so I don’t trip over anything.
Let those living in developed countries turn off their lights on average, they consume lot more energy per capita. I’m from India where is we face frequent power cuts so participating in this ONE HOUR stunt is an over-the-top gesture.
Oh yeah, its over isn’t it. I didn’t do nothin for Earth Hour.
Well, yesterday for Earth Hour, I was actually pumped up for it to happen. It was about 8:27pm and I had three minutes before it started. So I quickly brushed my teeth, while listening to music, and once it hit 8:30pm I closed all the upstairs lights, went downstairs and closed some lights, and just smiled and said, “Wow. Look how much better the world would look like with less energy.”
What a bogus bunch of bananas – Earth Hour !
Seems to me that, actually, every single hour we live is “Earth.Hour.” To br really serious about “saving the Earth” wouldn’t you have to shun virtually all modern technologies?
Otherwise, you’re just flapping your earthy lips!
I celebrated man’s achievements in improving the life of all people with technology by running as much as reasonable at once. I was washing clothes, using the laptop with the extra 19″ monitor and watching TV, with the lights on.
Humans have achieved so much, technology produces great wonders we should appreciate far more.
The cause is noble, but the result is useless. Do you know how little one hour is a year? 365,25 days a year, 24 hours a day. That is approx. 8766 hours. Unless this becomes a weekly thing, I can’t see how it can do much. What should be done, though, is all those damn businesses leaving ALL their lights, computers, etc., on, should be switched off when it’s not used. If each business switched off their appliances in off-hours, (normally, say 19:00- 05:00) that’s ten hours a day. 70 a week, 3652.5 hours a year.
I got out of the house, closed all the light and my pc and gone with a friend to drink a coffee outside. So the whole hour we just sat outside drinking coffee and watching youtube videos on my phone xD. Is that a “green” thing to do?
Jordan
“Of course Global warming and evolution exists”.
Your quote did not mention evolution, so the comparison you imply shows your own dishonesty, nothing else. As for global warming, it probably does exist; however it is a natural phenomenon, that has occurred throughout geological time. Human activity has a small effect on climate, carbon dioxide a trivial effect. Certainly reducing our output will not make any significant difference. To think otherwise is pure ignorance.
My degree is in Earth Sciences, by the way. On the whole geologists (the people who understand this as science) are bemused by the whole fuss, the idea that climate has ever been consistent or stable, or that human activity can predictably affect climate change.
The made-up “science” of climatology is actually a bunch of modellers trying to prove what they already “knew” with no reliable empirical data, whose models are known not to reflect reality and then make predictions which are not borne out. Note that in real science the way one tests a hypothesis is by making predictions and testing them. If not borne out then the hypothesis (or theory) is wrong. In climate science they simply change the colour coding of a chart to look like what they predicted*, even though the colours then don’t mean what they do on the prediction. They are that petty and think we are that stupid.
* This relates to the consistent prediction in every warmist climate models that the greatest warming will be in the tropics in the 300 hPa – 150 hPa band, upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. A lot of diagrams were therefore made from models with red in the middle, indicating significant warming. Problem was that region is not warming at all (main warming is in the lower troposphere, proving that the warming is not caused by carbon dioxide absorbing long-wave radiation). One researcher changed the coding so that from about -0.5 degrees up showed in reds. So the diagram looked right!
I didn’t do anything different.
I turned off all the lights, lit some candles, and we played some board games. Then at around 10:30 we put on a movie but we kept everything else (except heat) off!
Since global warming is a naturally occuring cyclical event and the human contribution to it is less than .01% I will continue to do nothing. We can protest global warming all we want, but it will continue as it has since the beginning of this earth.
I can’t turn the heat down any lower as I’m already freezing here in Minnesota, perhaps I could get many friends over and generate body heat. Anyway, I do drive less and try to keep my heat at 50, use less water by not flushing the toilet more than once a day. Also, I try to leave out the lights for at least 20 hours a day but with the snow and clouds here I have a hard time seeing where I’m going in my home. My eyesight isn’t so good. I asked the neighbors if I could cook at there house to save energy but that didn’t go over very good. I’m open to new ideas from anyone out there. What else could I do? Maybe have a fireplace installed , Mn. has a lot of trees for firewood.
There was zero participation in my community and no events planned in the area. “Climate change” is considered a scam in my area an invention of Al gore and any real climate change has been happening since earths creation with little to any effect made by man. Yahoo’s participation only increases computor use and therby increaseing energy use causeing more harm supposedly so what a waste yahoo.
I’m not sure if earth hour really helps or anything but I guess what I will do is stay outside most of the day with my t.v., lights, etc turned off. I will also see if my parents are willing to turn some things off. Still, it’s hard to tell if this day is just a publicity stunt like one of the above comments I have read had said. Global warming isn’t a real thing like it was thought to have been by millions of people. That’s why I am having a hard time with this one.
Hey..well..I heard that in the other countries they’re going to shut the electricity for a minute,but in my country we couldn’t do it..so from my high school..we’ve made a plan that we should all get together at the main street of our city and bring some candells and made a form as the earth (hope u can understand) and It was vey fun
Nothing. This is all a waste of time. If you really want to help the environment, avoid buying anything new so as to avoid contributing to industrial production. That includes toxic batteries of expensive hybrid cars. Ciao.
did nothing..I don’t know but its just not celebrated in my berg
No, I’m not going to turn my lights off for an hour!
This was not well advertised this year, so I forgot completely. Im going to continue to be responsible every day, as I have been, not just on Earth Hour, that is to be less wasteful, recycle, re-use, be concientious with water, ect.
Not a thing and I’m NOT going to turn off my lights.
I’m NOT going to use candles becaus they pollute MORE than lightbulbs. I will use all styrofoam eating cups and plates because they are inert and will not AFFECT the environment as much as using water to wash glassware. I WILL drive my car to work because riding a bus is MORE pollution because only 5 other people are driving in the monstrosity and it has less emmission control devices on it than my car..
I will hold my breath for an hour to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
nothing. hahaha!
Forget one hour, I do my part everyday. I turn all my lights off for 6-8 hours every night.
You all realize that candles give off more pollutants per candle-power than an the electricity used by a light bulb right? While all of you nitwits are out burning the 8 or so candles necessary to read a book, you’re actually putting more pollutants into the air than a light bulb would.
Start using more environmentally based cleaners. Use less electric.
Honestly, I never heard of this till just now.
tell me your kidding.don’t make a joke out of a serious problem.global warming.yeah right.
Um watch tv cause i don’t really believe in global warming.
Oh look I just figured it all out – when Wall Street ate my job, it’s not that it was greedy beyond bounds…
It just wanted to make sure I would turn off my lights in preparation for Earth day!
How thoughtful of you Wall Street – and here I had you, Quant Analysts and Hedge Fund Managers and risk analysts, all of you pegged as a greedy slime that stole my opportunity to be gainfully employed doing something meaningful.
I guess you’ve been the good guy all along! Well, done deal. You worked so hard to make my job disappear, that I will personally go around the neighborhood sharing what a great bunch of guys you all are.
You’re all so great, you should never, ever, ever, live within a 50 mile radius of me. I just wouldn’t be worthy of it.
Every earth hour my family plays hide-and-seek in the dark
I went to sleep early.
Man-caused climate change? Really? I’m amazed that anyone still buys that discredited hysterical silliness. I’ll use my electricity as usual. That is to say, I will conserve as much as possible because it saves me money.
Nothing. I shut off everything while I am at work everyday. For me earthday is everyday.
My lights will be off…except for my computer- gotta do that homework! Treadmill may be on too (and maybe the TV) but that’s it.
Though, with this new time change I’ve been having to turn my light on in the mornings now to get ready- didn’t have to before. buuut, I’ve gotten out of the habit of forgetting to turn it off
Earth Day is a publicity stunt to help appease people’s guilt for using our natural resources. There is an agenda out there using climate change to enact more and more laws against citizens.
I am going to turn off the AC and open the windows for one day.
Put out the lights, spark up a fat joint and watch the stars.
i will use as much energy as i want…al gore can go kick himself
I turned off all the lights
good post