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moominbadger Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 6:58 PM |
| So who's participating? Lights off in 1 hr 3 mins! |
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Lemon Grinner Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 6:59 PM |
| Not meee!! I cant integrate by candlelight ;-) |
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ElspethOllie Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 7:07 PM |
| I probably will. They turned off the light on google last night! |
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moominbadger Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 7:07 PM |
| aw Grinner....what an excuse!! |
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Lemon Grinner Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 7:12 PM |
moominbadger wrote: aw Grinner....what an excuse!!
Also, I don't really give a shit about the environment (I'm a selfish jean..), is that what it's for? Please explain what Earth Hour is, i am ignorant.
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moominbadger Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 7:16 PM |
from wikipedia cos I am too lazy to type!-
"Earth Hour is an international event that asks households and businesses to turn off their lights and non-essential electrical appliances for one hour on the evening of 29 March at 8 pm local time until 9 pm to promote electricity conservation and thus lower carbon emissions. It may also help reduce light pollution, and in 2008, coincides with the beginning of National Dark Sky Week in the USA."
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Lemon Grinner Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 7:19 PM |
| Hmmm. I don't see how me switching off my hifi helps the problem. Surely it's best to target factories and countries who aren't doing their bit in reducing carbon emissions. I don't really have any knowledge in this area, so forgive me if I don't really know what I'm talking about. |
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Esteban Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 9:12 PM |
| Saving the world begins at home, he said, on his laptop, watching cable television. |
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Turtleneck Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 9:15 PM |
| I can turn off the TV and stuff, but I was just thinking that I probably can't go without all the lights. (I do have mostly CF bulbs, though.) If we used flashlights, we're using batteries--bad for the environment. Rechargeable batteries need electricity to be recharged. If I light candles, that's a fire hazard with little ones running around. |
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moominbadger Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 11:05 PM |
| we turned off all the lights/electrical stuff for an hour and sat in the lounge with lots of candles. Then once the hour was up I went to get something from the bedroom and realised the light never got turned off in there - DOH!!! |
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Hanne Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 11:13 PM |
It was easy for me since I wasn't at home. I was off to see the local castle on fire.
It's wasn't really burning. It was the 200-year anniversary of a huge fire. About 20-30 years ago, the castle was rebuilt from the ruins and today it's a museum. The building is very dominating in the town centre here. Anyhow, a simulation of the fire was made, and a friend and I went to watch the impressive show.
A picture from the 'fire' |
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Turtleneck Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 11:18 PM |
Hanne wrote: It was easy for me since I wasn't at home. I was off to see the local castle on fire.
It's wasn't really burning. It was the 200-year anniversary of a huge fire. About 20-30 years ago, the castle was rebuilt from the ruins and today it's a museum. The building is very dominating in the town centre here. Anyhow, a simulation of the fire was made, and a friend and I went to watch the impressive show.
A picture from the 'fire'
Looks cool. How much electricity did it use? Ha ha! |
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Hanne Posted Sat 29 Mar, 2008 11:20 PM |
Turtleneck wrote:
Looks cool. How much electricity did it use? Ha ha!
I have no idea, but the street lights were out because of the earth hour thing, so the darkness made it even more impressive :o)
Right, I'm off to bed - goodnight! |
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heysupernova Posted Sun 30 Mar, 2008 2:59 AM |
| I forgot :/ I was doing some homework around 8, so I turned the lights off from 9 to 10 pm instead, sorry! glad to hear it turned out great =) |
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