Earth Hour starts at 8.30PM tonight, asks for sixty minutes of natural living

Time to don your eco-warrior armor, strap on your nature-loving helmet, and flick that big old... light switch. Yes, in honor of the WWF's Earth Hour, countries around the globe are tonight switching off non-essential lights and appliances for sixty minutes, with highlights including Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Burj Khalifa, and the Empire State Building all going dark in the hope of helping the planet stay green. Timed for 8.30pm your local time, this unorthodox event has already commenced with Australia, New Zealand, China and others doing their bit -- videos after the break -- and is just now hitting Eastern European borders. So, fellow earthlings, will you be among the projected one billion souls that go au naturel for an hour tonight?

[Thanks, Pavel]

[airj1012 Posted Mar 28th 2010 3:54PM]

This conflicts with Discovery Channels - Life. We have a problem.

[destroythexlight Posted Mar 28th 2010 7:22PM]

I was on the train headed into New York city when I saw a huge LCD sign advertising Earth hour, and I couldn't help but laugh at the irony. On top of that, there was a typo, as it said the wrong day.

[nnstalker Posted Mar 29th 2010 9:38AM]

Oh man.. I'll be on a plane at the time.. should I ask then to turn off everything on it?

[GN1 Posted Mar 29th 2010 10:01AM]

i might push my earth hour to like 2am..? i have a baseball draft & bfbc2 is coming in today :\

[HektikLyfe Posted Mar 29th 2010 1:54PM]

What the heck did the World Wrestling Federation have to do with any of this?

Ooooo Ima get sued now.... XD

[HektikLyfe Posted Mar 29th 2010 1:58PM]

@HektikLyfe But seriously, I didn't know about this until it was too late. I would of done it. Not out of faith that it would actually do any good since just like the fuel "strikes" people would just "catch up" in the long run.