Car Free Day 2009: Celebrations Around The World

September 22 is the official Car Free Day around the world -- it is a day when motorists are encouraged to give up driving for at least one day and walk, bike or use other "green" modes of transportation instead....

Al Gore, Earth Hour and Nashville

Apparently, Al Gore left some security lights on during Earth Hour and some stalker redneck drove by and is harassing him: http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2009/03/30/gq-drew-stands-by-his-story-that-gores-house-was-lit-during-earth-hour/ We were away from home during Earth...

Bulb Buster Lights Up Earth Hour

Washington, DC – Councilmember Mary Cheh seeks to protect the environment by restricting lighting, but during Earth Hour her house was lit on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors. In addition, both her front stoop lights...

Earth hour 2009 - an impression from Cape Town

By Miriam Mannak Armed with my camera, tripod and a group of good friends, I headed for Table Mountain Road last evening. From here, as I know from experience, one has one of the most exquisite views of the city....

Earth Hour Perth Australia. What happened?

Earth Hour in Perth Australia. It was disappointing to see that only the top lights went out when the rest of the office towers were fully lit... on a Saturday night. Like seriously... turn your lights off when...

Earth Hour 2009: Lights out across the World 8:30-9:30

Earth Hour 2009 took place in major cities around the world, and thousands of lights went out from 8:30 to 9:30pm to help raise awareness about climate change. Over a billion people took part in Earth Hour 2009. ...

Earth Hour 2009: March 28 8:30-9:30pm: What can you do?

Earth Hour 2009 is fast approaching; it happens this Saturday March 28 from 8:30 to 9:30pm and cities around the globe are gearing up to go dark for that hour. But what can you do? Well, at least for that one...

Edward Norton and Alanis Morissette promote Earth Hour March 28

Edward Norton and Alanis Morissette appeared on Larry King Live last night to promote Earth Hour coming up on March 28 from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. They wanted to promote the idea of turning out your lights for one...

Things to do in KL during Earth Hour blackout

The Earth Hour community blackout (hehe, spinning the story way too much) is happening this coming Saturday, 8:30pm, worldwide. It's a global event, where citizens of the world turns off their electrical appliances...

Hold the Earth in your hands

Visit earthhour.org/earthinyourhands and you can see a video of yourself holding the earth in your hands. You can add your own name, see everybody else who has done it, and save a photo to send to your friends. The...

Hollywood sets and the UN go dark for Earth Hour March 28 2009

A number of top Hollywood shows such as 'CSI' and 'Dancing With The Stars' have agreed to turn off the lights on their sets for Earth hour - one hour between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on March 28th. All lights will be turned...

How About You Flipping It Off

What are you going to be up to on Saturday March 28, 2009?  If you don’t have any big plans, at 8:30 pm, how about joining Cate Blanchett, Linkin Park, Gavin DeGraw, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Coldplay,...

Lights go Out in Many Cities, but not all for Earth Hour

Many cities across the world turned off the lights for an hour to mark Earth Hour, but a few communities stayed lit, some celebrating the event with concerts and gas-powered zeppelins (I kid you not), others...

Earth Hour: Lights going out around the World

 Earth Hour is well underway. For some of you it's already over, and for some it has yet to begin.We're hours away from it here, but as many critics are pointing out: Why just one hour, one day a year?If...

Google Goes Black In Support Of Earth Hour

Arrington is all huffed about the irony of Google Israel going black today in honour of earth hour because apparently the black screen uses more power than the white screen. However, the point of Google Israel's...

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