How to Enjoy Earth Day

Earth Hour is an event that the entire world can participate in. A world wide effort to help preserve the earth is being launched every year in March during the last Saturday of the month. Learn about Earth Hour and fun participation during Earth Hour.

On March 28th, 2009 The Wild Life Fund is advertising that everyone participate in conserving energy for one hour during the time in America at 8:30 pm by turning out lights every where for one hour. This international event began in Sydney, Australia in 2007 when two million people at that time participated in turning off their lights for one hour. Within a year fifty million people across the globe took part during the night of March 29, 2008. It is now commonly called Earth Hour. The hope is that if world citizens continue to participate in this event, it will help with conserving energy globally as well as add to counteracting global warming. Earth Hour has become an annual international event held on the last Saturday of March since its' conception in Sydney, Australia in 2007 when two million people switched off their lights for one hour. A year later, more than 50 million people across the globe took part on the night of 29 March 2008. Besides turning off lights at landmarks such as bridges, you can find ways to use your energy to enjoy the one hour of darkness at your home and community. So what fun things can you do during the Earth Hour event:

PLAN EARLY. Begin thinking of ways to use the hour of darkness for family fun. This can include telling stories about the earth. A camp setting to do so may be a fun idea. You can set up a big tent and even help convince children to conserve energy by going to sleep earlier. Try reading to them by flashlight while they are tucked in a sleeping bag on in a tent.

TRY A ROMANTIC DINNER. Prepare an exotic simple dish just before 8:30 when the lights will go off and eat by candlelight. Add more romance by having the bathroom set up with more candlelight fun. No reason you can't enjoy the same amenities by yourself too.

GO OUTSIDE and enjoy the skyline and heavenly bodies if you can. The view in the sky will be magnificent in mountainous areas, but everyone the sky will be brightly light be the natural light of the moon, stars and planets. Consider planning to be someone by yourself, with friends and or family about an hour before in time to settle for the event.

DON'T watch TV, a video or use any electronics during the hour. The whole idea is to conserve energy. This could be a wonderful time for silence, meditation and more rest. Try instead to incorporate peaceful thoughts and relaxation techniques for the mind and body.

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