If you visited the Google.com homepage today, you'll notice that the background is black, as shown in the image to the left.
That's in recognition of “Earth Hour” and to spread awareness of the event. Created by the World Wildlife Fund in Sydney, Australia in 2007, where 2.2 million people participated; the event has grown into a global movement in 2008.
According to the official “Earth Hour” website, this year “millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe will turn out for Earth Hour. More than 100 cities across North America will participate, including the US flagships–Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix and San Francisco and Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver“.
Tonight, to acknowledge their commitment to energy conservation, people around the globe will turn their lights off for one hour – between 8 and 9 pm – in their local time zone.
Although turning off the 2 compact flourescent bulbs that typically light our house at night won't produce any significant drop at the hydro station – as supporters of any initiative to bring awareness to climate change we'll be ‘lights out' here at home at 8 — will you?
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