Some of you might already know about Earth Hour 2008, but the intent is to reduce greenhouse emissions and send a powerful message to the world about global warming. On 31 March 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour - Earth Hour. If the greenhouse reduction achieved in the Sydney during Earth Hour was sustained for a year, it would be equivalent to taking 48,616 cars off the road for a year! This would be a huge impact as is, but they are trying to make this even bigger! This year, Earth Hour is a global event that will be at 8pm on 29 March 2008, and all we have to commit to is to turning off our lights and unneeded power for one hour. The effects of this small act of saving electricity are amazing. Here is my favorite:
“If every American household turns off their lights during Earth Hour on March 29th, it will prevent more than 16,500 tons of CO2 entering the atmosphere.”
Impressive huh? So, our entire team asks you to please go to http://www.earthhour.org and sign up to participate to show the world we care enough about global warming to take action. Also, send this on to all you know so that more people worldwide can know about this so that they too can make a decision to take part in helping our Earth.
Blessings to all of you,
Team Olomouc