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In The Dark--Earth Hour

Saturday, March 28, 2009. The world came together to make a shared statement of the importance of reducing our consumption. The response to this event was amazing. So many people from so many countries participating (over 80 countries I hear!)

Scroll down the page and then click on the images to see the building or the city go dark for Earth Hour. In The DARK I guess my question is, how many of these kept the lights off or down all night? Or check the Earth Hour website for other great shots and information on the event.

I don't know about you, but my lights were out for hours. But my daughter and I were out running errands, in a car--so does that count? Do my lights off balance my fossil fuel consumption?

I'd love to see more events like this--making sure our leaders know that we the people are concerned and willing to do something about it!

Posted by Tamara Perlman, Lake Tahoe Truckee CA Real Estate on 03/31/2009 11:46 PM

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18 Comments on In The Dark--Earth Hour

APR

It was a pretty awesome event. Certainly more participants in more countries than I was expecting.

Oops, the lights in my brain were out that night. I totally spaced it. Cool event though.

Tamara... I don t know .Did you have your car head lights on??? LOL smile

Russel--I think it speaks to the global awareness that things need to change! Also, it helps reduce the electric bill ;-)

Hey Jim--Perhaps you can do a make-up event this weekend. Candlelight dinner, fire, you get the picture! After all, it will save you an hours worth on your utility bill!

Hannah--You always crack me up. Well, the car was in the parking lot, but they had the lights on in the store....

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Tamara, we totally FORGOT about this on Saturday with distraction guests... DAH.... hope you will have a great day....

Tamara, loved the direct links you had with the blog, watching the lights dim... surprise no riots... scary. Have a great day !...

Tamara, PS... I agree we should have more days like this where we stop and respect what God has provided to us I only wished the loud speaker for city announced turn off lights. ! We would have remembered.

APR

Tamara , we skipped last week SO this weekend we will celebrate we will be down at the Hunt & Fish private club staying in one of our cabins back in 1800's is really cool

Tamara, I liked the idea, but I heard that the event actually used more energy than it saved.

Hi Lynn--

Hope you have a great weekend!

Hi Robert--

Would love to review the resource on that info. Do you remember who said???

Loved the link, shared with several people, didn't know so many countries were involved!

APR

Tamara, I heard it on the news... I forget what station... it was more of a "coming up next" ... I would guess it took into account the marketing of it and the resources that went into promoting the event...

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Tamara, we did lights out over the weekend when we sat on the boat dock for hours looked stars, listened to nature, NO PHONES, NO CARS, faint sound of train in background !

Great job Lynn--It can be so much fun without all the modern inconveniences!

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Tamara, where we go here in Dallas private club, cabin, I HAD TO HAND WASH all the dishes... go figure, no wonder women never worked by time breakfast done , clean up after family, hand wash dishes, then do lunch, and dinner, women stayed in kitchen all day ! Makes me appreciate all these ladies who did this daily

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