Earth Hour 2008

I am pleased to say that I participated but a few hours ago in Earth Hour 2008!

Basically it just meant turning off lights and what not - anything that used electricity. While I know the impact was only for an hour, if you multiply this out by the number of people all across the world who participated, I'm sure you'll start to see just what this is really about.

Saving coal and other sources of energy for a bit is not the point - it's about raising awareness. What started in one city (an Aussie one at that!) has spread around the world to increase awareness of the state of the environment and our impact on what is left.

If anyone hasn't done so already, check out http://www.earthhour.org/ for more details, and make sure you take part in 2009!