Articles tagged ‘earth hour’
Earth Day Events 2008
By Linda | April 6th, 2008 |
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Last month it was Earth Hour, this month it’s Earth Day.
The reaction to Earth Hour was much more than organisers envisaged. In Chicago, 840,000 pounds of carbon dioxide were kept out of the atmosphere, in Toronto energy consumption reduced by 8.7% and in Melbourne, Australia, there was an impressive 10.1% drop in energy use. [...]
Earth Hour – Be Part of It
By Linda | March 20th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
At 8pm on Saturday 29 March 2008 something huge is going to happen. Are you going to be part of it?
Last year in Sydney, Australia, the lights went out across the city for one hour. Restaurants lit candles, offices turned lights off overnight, all non-essential street lighting was switched off; all in an attempt [...]
