[quote]This Saturday March 27 at 8:30pm, hundreds of millions of people from more than 120 countries and regions across every continent will come together for Earth Hour in a moment of unprecedented global unity to show the way forward on climate change.
New Zealand’s Chatham Islands will be the first territory to start Earth Hour with the last country to take part being the South Pacific island of Samoa 24 ¾ hours later.
From the low-lying island nations of the South Pacific to the west coast of the Americas, individuals, businesses and governments will unite for the greatest community event ever witnessed as Earth Hour traverses the globe.
As Australians will gather in in public places, parks and at home over candlelight dinners thousands will gather in public spaces around the world for official Earth Hour ceremonies to switch the lights off some of the world’s most iconic landmarks, including the Forbidden City in Beijing, Eiffel Tower in Paris, Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Bosphorous Bridge in Istanbul and India Gate in Delhi.
Tje lights will go down at Malta’s walled city of Medina, South Korea’s Seoul Fortress, the Red Fort in Delhi, Hohensalzburg Fortress in Salzburg Norwich City Castle in England, Hiroshima Castle in Japan.
The mighty Victoria Falls- the largest waterfall in the world - will play backdrop for hundreds of Zimbabwean children holding a candle-lit picnic at Victoria Falls during Earth Hour.
The small town of Spitsbergen between Norway and the North Pole will be defying potential polar bear attacks in the dark and subzero temperatures and switching off their lights for Earth Hour!
The lights will go out during Earth Hour for the first time in Nepal, Tanzania, Kosovo and Madagascar among others. Click here to see the full range of supporters around the world.
In South Africa there will be an Earth Hour football game for disadvantaged kids on the beach in Cape Town using a luminous ball – a good warm up for the World Cup.
This year Earth Hour will be taking place in three of the world most northern cities Murmansk (Russia), Hammerfest (Norway) and Nuuk (Greenland) and three of the world’s most southern cities Hobart (Australia) Ushuaia (Argentina) and Queenstown.
More highlights
* Bulgarians will come together for a candle-lit walk through the city streets in the capital of Sofia
* A Canadian street party will see Earth Hour wishing trees collecting individual wishes for the planet
* Galapagos island of Santa Cruz, will have streetlights replaced with candles for a special movie event
* Earth Hour lantern parades will wind through the streets of Helsinki and Dubai
* In Budapest by the Danube, Hungarians will celebrate Earth Hour with congo drums and fire Kenyans will drum to their own beat at an Earth Hour concert led by afro-fusion artist Achien'g Abura
* Romans will be given a lesson in astronomy at a ‘lights out’ event in front of the famous Trevi Fountain
* In Rotorua, New Zealand, there’ll be a feast of ‘mystery’ eats in the streets… by candlelight, of course
* Dublin streets will fill with music in typical Irish fashion with an Earth Hour ‘Trad night by candlelight
* ‘Running of the Spaniards’ in Madrid will see thousands race to switch the lights off a public monument
With the global support of the world’s most recognised corporate names, including Coca Cola, Allianz, PricewaterhouseCoopers, HSBC, IKEA, Canon, Hilton and McDonalds and hundreds of corporations who have collectively pledged to switch off the lights at tens of thousands of offices worldwide, central business districts across the planet will experience unprecedented darkness in the most compelling display of what is possible through united action.
Earth Hour 2010 is set to be an historic moment in the climate landscape; a moment of unbridled hope and positive community action; a moment of unparalleled unity that will show the world what can be done.[/quote]
[url=http://www.earthhour.org/#]Click here to find out when to turn your lights off.[/url]
I encourage everyone to participate. It's a good cause and I bet your friends are doing it too :)
You know what I'm going to do? Use as much electricity as I can.
The irony, here in NZ at the moment the movie 'The day after Tommorow' is on one of the TV channels :v:
[QUOTE=DienDwemar;20988514]You know what I'm going to do? Use as much electricity as I can.[/QUOTE]
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You on Earth hour :v:
[QUOTE=DienDwemar;20988514]You know what I'm going to do? Use as much electricity as I can.[/QUOTE]
Damn bro! You rebel! Haha! Stick it to the man bro!
I don't get why people are like "lol im gonna put all my lites on cuz ima webel". If you don't like it, don't participate.
I never cared before, and won't do it this year.
[QUOTE=DienDwemar;20988514]You know what I'm going to do? Use as much electricity as I can.[/QUOTE]
enjoy your slightly increased electric bill
We only have to do it for half an hour in Australia
Its my birthday today, So im gonna turn on every thing i can and nobody can stop me
[QUOTE=DienDwemar;20988514]You know what I'm going to do? Use as much electricity as I can.[/QUOTE]
Pussy, I'm going to start a coal mine fire, make a mosaic using hundreds of spotlights, and strangle a dolphin with a plastic six-pack ring.
yeah were saving earth by putting out our lights and gathering together just to return to our homes afterwards and go back to our daily lives :xd:
i put out my lights for hours, when i sleep!
[QUOTE=Zeemlapje;20988588]yeah were saving earth by putting out our lights and gathering together just to return to our homes afterwards and go back to our daily lives :xd:
i put out my lights for hours, when i sleep![/QUOTE]
mizzen ze point
Earth hour in Australia NSW 8:30 PM for me D:, Hmm maybe i can use my laptop. MAHAHAHAHAH :3:
[QUOTE=lulzbocks;20988606]mizzen ze point[/QUOTE]
Guys, guys, this isn't about "saving the environment", or "cutting down on the power bill". This about [I]meaningless sentimental drivel[/I], and in the end, isn't that what's important?
[quote]Tje lights will go down at Malta’s walled city of Medina[/quote]
They actually mentioned our country. That's a first.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;20988620]Guys, guys, this isn't about "saving the environment", or "cutting down on the power bill". This about [I]meaningless sentimental drivel[/I], and in the end, isn't that what's important?[/QUOTE]
Wrong again
Nothing going to change. All the power is going to stay in the grid anyway.
No difference will be made at all. No matter how hard the media pushes this crap.
Turning every appliance on that I own.
if these are the steps they are taking to make people more aware, it's going to take 50 years to get any sort of progress
But my drinks will get warm :<
[QUOTE=ketchup;20988680]Turning every appliance on that I own.[/QUOTE]
We should totally be Captain Planet villains.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;20988697]We should totally be Captain Planet villains.[/QUOTE]
"EARTH!"
"FIRE!"
"WIND!"
"WATER!"
"INTERNET!"
"By our powers combined, we are the Anti Captain Planet!"
Captain Planet, he's our hero
Gonna take pollution up to three zero zero!
He's our powers magnified
And he's attacking against the planet's side
Captain Planet, he's our hero
Gonna take pollution up to three zero zero!
Gonna help him put asunder
Good guys who like to defend and wander.
We're the Antiteers
You can be one too
'Cause destroying our planet is the thing to do!
Looting and polluting is the only way
Hear what Anti-Captain Planet has to say!
"The Pollution Power is Yours!"
[QUOTE=Raged;20988693]But my drinks will get warm :<[/QUOTE]
Do you have a fan pointed at your drinks at all time or something?
Why?
Just cause we can feel fuzzy inside for "saving the envioerment"?
"Yeah I'm a good person, I shut down my lights for an hour this one time."
Then you go and make a toast and all your efforts have gone to waste seven fold.
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What's next? Recycling saves energy?
Wasn't there a thread a month or so ago about this very same thing?
This stuff is so pointless, it just puts strain on the power grid.
I am not going to turn off anything.
turn on lights
be a rebel
I will be leaving several lights, a computer and my xbox on
[QUOTE=heavy artillery;20989597]turn on lights
be a rebel[/QUOTE]
There is [B]no[/B] point in turning off the lights, people are already aware, but newsflash: We don't want to renounce to our comforts, even if it means ruining the planet. It's the same thing with obesity, people know the problems very well, but they don't care.
I for one don't want "Green Energy" only, I'll take nuclear power over Green Energy at least I can be always sure to have electricity. Yeah sure, when the sun goes down the solar power turns off and it switches to using the hydropower, but so much can go wrong with that (not enough water, blocked stream, cloudy day, are we sure we will always have enough power for everything with "green energy"?).
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