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Earth Hour Video

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:00:37 +0000

Just to continue with the theme of Earth Hour for one more post, here’s a video I came across on YouTube that I thought was well made. It conveys some of the sense of what happened in some of the city’s major areas during the Earth Hour festivities.

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Earth Hour Aftermath

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:00:28 +0000

Photo Credit: Earth Hour Toronto – Early by DustyNineon Flickr, displayed under CC-ANNDW 2.0 License

Here’s what some of the major news sources in Toronto had to say about the Earth Hour event that took place last night:

The Toronto Star: City Exceeds Goal for Power Savings

CTV: Thousands Celebrate Earth Hour Downtown

CBC: Canadians go dark with world for Earth Hour

City TV: Toronto Comes out of the dark for Earth Hour

From my personal vantage point in Scarborough (quite a far distance away from the downtown core of the city), it was actually kinda cool seeing all my neighbour’s houses without any lights on. However, the street lights remained on in my neighbourhood, so the overall effect was really not that significant since most of the lighting at night comes from those very same street lights. I can understand the city not wanting to turn off the lights in the less populated area for safety reasons however, so I can see why they did what they did.

Also, for the people that did this, in the future I would suggest picking a date and time for Earth Hour that doesn’t involve a Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens game going on at the same time that people are supposed to be turning off their televisions. You’re really not helping yourself by doing that!

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Earth Hour Commercial

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:00:20 +0000

With Earth Hour just an hour away now, here’s an official announcement from the Mayor regarding the event:

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Earth Hour in Toronto

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:00:32 +0000

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain

Well, if you’re looking for something environmental to do in the City of Toronto today, be sure to note that from 8PM to 9PM the city will be participating in an initiative known as Earth Hour. Created by a conglomerate of different groups, Earth Hour is an event that challenges everyone to turn off all of their lighting during that one hour of the day.

Torontonians will be celebrating Earth Hour by doing just that in homes and offices around the city and even if you don’t live in the City of Toronto you can participate by doing the same thing. Earth Hour is a global event that many of the world’s best known cities will be participating in and many free concerts and other activities will be available in Toronto during that one hour of time.

More info is available at http://www.toronto.ca/teo/earth-hour.htm if you’re interested in doing more than just turning out the lights.

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