Earth Hour Tonight 8pm: DO IT
I guess that DoTheGreenThing should have made March the “Lights Out” month instead of this past November. Tonight is the WWF (wildlife, not wrestling) sponsored Earth Hour. Earth hour is a worldwide initiative to “turn off the lights” in cities around the world for one (1) hour starting at 8pm (through 9pm) to heighten awareness about climate change and to inspire individuals, businesses and corporations to take practical action to reduce their carbon footprint. It is more of a symbolic gesture than an actual impact from one night. The hope is that it raises awareness to the greater cause. One person on the news likened it to the Boston Tea Party - sure that might be a little extreme, but any little bit helps. I’m actually glad to see that it has been on the news every night this week and on the radio here. Chicago happens to be one of the flagship cities around the world.
So what are you going to do in the dark? Are you going to have a candlelight dinner? Perhaps read a book? Lynn over at OrganicMania suggests enjoying some organic beer. Not a bad idea. I have some in the garage. I think I’m going to put on a straw hat, suspenders, make my wife call me Jebodiah, and pretend I’m Amish. They’re a pretty sustainable culture, right? The Do The Green Thing site had a great video in November that is after the jump. I encourage you to enjoy the video. Hrmmm…that video is giving me some ideas…
Do The Green Thing: Do It In The Dark (possibly NSFW)
The visual of the straw hat, overalls and wife calling you jebodiah just cracks me up!!
plan a was dinner with girlfriends, via candlelight,laughter included - however that was cancelled
plan b was a train ride to the city to the hancock to watch the sun set, and watch the city go dark, my budget said think again mother earth
plan c was to light the birth candles of baby jack, here at home - born 2 days ago and ponder future generations
Me thinks it’s plan c …
engaging and entertaining, everything , and i mean everything seems to be turning green.
not a single reference on our small town message boards or weekly newspaper about lights out.
We are surrounded by –genuine Amish–so i guess point moot.
As for ourselves, we are religious low usage devotees, the neighbors swear we never turn our lights on. We do, we do; we simply use low wattage on crucial task oriented areas, sink,stove, reading lamp, computer desk, chicken incubator.
so it’s lights off for mystery night, have fun!
A candlelight dessert on my birthday and small talk with my best friend (husband)! Woohoo!
Karen, Nadine, and Katie -
All ideas sound great. I was kinda hoping there was some kind of “rally” in the city to take the kids to, but no.
They go to bed at 8pm, anyway. I’m looking around the house for some candles. I want to burn them anyway to make room for some new candles that don’t offgas diesel like a normal petrol candle.
Enjoy your Earth Hour tonight…and everynight!
-Jason
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATIE! (and nice youtube vid)
Thanks for the wine tip! Have to open some in the dark!
My goodness that second video was even too much for me and I am the one who wrote the green sex v-day post! Head shoulder knees and toes???? Jason, this why I like you so much. What a great sense of humor.
What am I doing tonight? Spending it with friends.
Happy birthday, Katie!
[...] to Jason at Scream to Be Green for the video. He also has on his site a very funny video about what you can do tonight in the dark. [...]
Thanks for the link! And that video was hysterical…talk about “green porno!”
Proof that you don’t need power to have fun, and you can take it with you.