Earth Hour Today!

For the fourth year running, nations all around the world are celebrating Earth Hour by turning off the lights at 8:30 pm local time. What started in Sydney, Australia in 2007 has now reached around the globe.

For me, this is an incredible symbol of what happens when people each take a moment of personal responsibility, acting in concert with others around the earth.

What will YOU be doing at 8:30 this evening? [I've got a night ghost stories with friends lined up.]

Join in.

And tomorrow, when it's over, give a thought to what else you can do to take a stand. Let's work together to fix this mess our species has made, shall we?

~kc

Quick Follow Up to Earth Hour

Lotsa chit-chat in the blogosphere and elsewhere about true benefits vs bandwagon jumping liberal guilt-assauging effects of Earth Hour last night.

Personally, I think the best thing to come out of it all is the chatter itself. Awareness raised, attention elevated -- talk is a good thing.

Check out what fellow author and political blogger James Bow has to say.




As for me, my stickler son insisted that we flip off the breaker instead of just turning off the lights, so I put aside the re-write I'm working on for an evening of conversation by fire and candlelight (which suited the snowstorm raging outside).

It was lovely.

~kc

It's Getting Dark around here...

Got your candles ready?

Earth Hour is tonight! But instead of going green, how about trying on a little black?

We're going dark in about fifteen minutes...an hour without power to help raise awareness of global warming and all the issues that go with it.

Join in -- why not?

And once you've done -- email me your stories. What did you do when the power was off?

~kc