Earth Hour 2008

March 26th, 2008 Alex

March 29th 8pm-9pm 2008

24 of the world’s major cities will voluntarily turn the lights off to deliver the message about global warming. The event began last year and is organized by the World Wildlife Fund. More information can be found here: www.worldwildlife.org/earthhour

San Francisco also has a new proposal that would mandate all skyscrapers to turn off nonemergency lights after work hours. If the proposal passes, it will be the first one in the nation. The proposal would fine each floor where the lights are on with $50 for the first offense, $100 for the second, and $250 for the next thereafter. The proposal also calls for businesses to install devices that automatically turn off the lights when no one is in a room. Having pretty lights on at night in downtown is something that we are used to seeing but in reality it really is a waste of electricity. I definitely see this changing soon as we become more aware of our power usage.

via SFGate

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