Don’t be the only one…

Earth Hour 2011: 8.30pm, Saturday 26 March. Turn your lights off for just one hour. In addition to showing “solidarity” with actions to reduce energy use you just might prevent an attack by…?

Enjoy this Australian advert for Earth hour where some ordinary blokes can’t be bothered to turn off the light because “it’s only one light” and “every other light in Australia is off” .

 

Text below taken from earthhour.org:

 

ABOUT EARTH HOUR

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Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries/territories participating. Global landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, CN Tower in Toronto, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.

In March 2009, hundreds of millions of people took part in the third Earth Hour. Over 4000 cities in 88 countries/territories officially switched off to pledge their support for the planet, making Earth Hour 2009 the world’s largest global climate change initiative.

On Saturday 27 March, Earth Hour 2010 became the biggest Earth Hour ever. A record 128 countries and territories joined the global display of climate action. Iconic buildings and landmarks from Asia Pacific to Europe and Africa to the Americas switched off. People across the world from all walks of life turned off their lights and came together in celebration and contemplation of the one thing we all have in common – our planet.

Earth Hour 2011 will take place on Saturday 26 March at 8.30PM (local time). This Earth Hour we want you to go beyond the hour, so after the lights go back on think about what else you can do to make a difference. Together our actions add up.

Visit our Beyond the Hour platform to share your stories and to get inspiration from the actions our supporters have shared with us already.

 

Earth Hour In Jersey – tripping the light fantastic

This report is a bit late, but hey ho. J-CAN (Jersey Climate Action Network) went out on the town in St Helier on Saturday March 27th to see how many commercial premises were showing willing by not leaving their lights blazing all night.

Earth hour on JCAN website

The following paragraph is stolen from J-CAN’s website.

“Earth Hour is a global celebration of our personal, commercial and civic determination to protect the planet against harmful climate change. At 8.00 pm for one hour on Saturday 27 March 2010, homes, businesses, civic buildings, and illuminated monuments around the world turned their lights off as a gesture of commitment and a demonstration of awareness and care. J-CAN were in St Helier. Have a look at our photo gallery to see what they saw”. 

A couple of highlights (sorry about pun). Chequers in Bath Street had full on shop/display lights whereas Costa Coffee, which is part of the floor space of that very supermarket, was in virtual darkness with only a few very low lights in the cabinets. Royal Bank of Canada had quite a few lights left on, which was embarrassing for Francis B. - who is one of J-CAN’s leading figures - because he is also the environmental officer for RBC! At our subsequent meeting we tackled him about this and he said that he had asked his minions to turn the lights off. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink!

Here is the list of shame/fame in not much of a particular order, apart from the first two.

Liberation station – full on bright lights everywhere

Sure/Cable and Wireless, King street - dazzling full on lights (see picture)

Liberation house near Waterfront - 10% lights

Carey Olsen, Esplanade - 50% lights

Jersey Telecom, Queen street - 20% display lights

Airtel, Queen street - moderate display lights

Bedzzz, New street - 20% lights

Top shop, King street - bright display lights

Dandara, King street - moderate display lights

Aqua, King street - bright display lights

Hallmark, King street - moderate display lights

Co-op Locale, Bath street - moderate internal lights - bright food cabinet lights

The Loft, Parade - bright display and internal lights

Fotosound, Charing Cross - window and internal display lights

HSBC, Queen street - 30% lights

H. Samuel, Queen street - 75% lights

Monsoon, Queen street - full on lights

Molton Brown, Queen street - 50% lights

Vision Express, Queen street - bright lights

Redvers - very bright display lights

Jeff le Marquand, Bath street - full display lights

Wesley Grove - full on exterior lights

Homemaker, Don street - moderate display lights

Bauformat, Burrard street - bright display lights

HSBC, Gloucester street - 50% lights

Barclays, Library place - all ground floor lights on

RBS, Broad street - ground floor 25% lights

RBC, Broad street - 50% lights

Chequers mini-supermarket, Bath street - all lights full on - Costa cafe, Bath street – cafe in the supermarket - all lights off

Earth Hour on Saturday

Time to stumble about in the dark again for an hour to show solidarity with World Wildlife Fund and Earth Hour, which is on Saturday 27th March at 8.30pm local time. Switch all your lights off as a signal if you care about climate change. Click the link below if you want to sign up to the international effort.
Click for Earth hour pledge page