Dear readers — 9:30 PM, your local time. Lights out!
Hugs,
teagan
Today, Saturday 29th March 2014, billions of peoplein over one hundred and fifty countries (that means over seven thousand cities) will turn out the lights. A World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) initiative, dating back to 2007, has once again united the world in an effort to bring attention to energy consumption, sustainability and climate change issues.
This remarkable annual global occurrence takes place between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm (YOUR) local time. Starting in New Zealand and ending in Tahiti, lights of some of the world’s most iconic monuments, landmarks and skylines will be switched off. Many will also turn off their televisions, computers, Xboxes and PlayStations, and any other power-driven gadgets they have.
This is undoubtedly the largest ever collaboration to help safeguard the planet, and numbers of participants are growing every year. The hour has, in many places, evolved into something much longer. Environmental projects are taking…
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Thanks for dropping by Olga. Our mental hard drive can only hold so much before it starts deleting files! And you’ve had a lot going on. 🙂
Hugs,
teagan
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I had read about it and promptly forgotten. See if I can remember between now and then. Thanks Teagan!
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Hugs happily hoarded here.
Great-big hug back, David.
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As usual you deserve the biggest hugs I can send.
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I had no idea. Thanks for sharing.
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It snuck up on me…
But when you go without electricity for just an hour — through CHOICE not power outage, it’s fun. The Night the Lights Went out In Georgia.
Which of course takes me to:
Now be sure to watch these before lights out time! 🙂
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