Lights Out

Hundreds of thousands of people across the globe have already signed up to flip the switch for Earth Hour 2009.  Last year’s event was the largest voluntary power-down ever: more than 50 million people in 35 countries turned off their lights for 60 minutes.

The campaign started in Sydney in 2007.  The city’s carbon consumption dropped by more than 10 percent during the 2007 Earth Hour.  If Sydney maintained that level of energy reduction year-round, it would be the equivalent of taking almost 50,000 cars off the road.

To pledge your participation, sign up at www.earthhour.org - and on March 28, 2009, go dark between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m.