Earth Hour 2008

3.28.08

March 29th, 2008 at 8pm EST is Earth Hour 2008. Please turn off your lights in order to help raise awareness about the current state of our environment. Some of the leading U.S. cities that have pledged to join the movement are: Chicago, Atlanta, Pheonix and San Francisco. "Earth Hour", as it is called, was first started in Sydney, Australia in 2001.



While I was listening to a radio-cast on NPR today I learned a few really interesting statistics about recycling.
1. "Recycling just one aluminum can saves enough energy to operate a TV for three hours."
2. "Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial fleet of airplanes every three months."
3. "If every U.S. household replaced just one roll of 1,000-sheet virgin fiber bathroom tissues with 100 percent recycled ones, it could save 373,000 trees, 1.48 million cubic feet of landfill space and 155 million gallons of water."

There are so many opportunities for us to change the way we live, but the question is, will we take advantage of those opportunities?

Random Shout Outs: Thanks Edel and Krystal for keeping me informed!