Did You Participate in Earth Hour 2009?

Wednesday, 01 April 2009

Did You Participate in Earth Hour 2009?
This past Saturday, March 28, 2009, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time, 88 countries and more than 4,000 cities turned off all non-essential lighting. This was the third year that this was done with the first year being in Sydney and more cities joining in the following year. The event is organized by the World Wildlife Fund.
Check out these pictures of cities before and during Earth Hour:
My roommates and I joined in this year by turning off all of the lights in our apartment, except for what we needed so we wouldn't walk into things. One of my roommates sat in her room in complete darkness!

Check out Boston.com for some more cool pictures of before and after pictures of major landmarks all over the world.

Did you participate in Earth Hour 2009?

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Yes.
- 4/1/2009 4:08 PM
- TornadoChaser@momaroo (message)
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No, I didn't.
- 4/1/2009 4:18 PM
- ELIZerson@xanga (message)
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No.
- 4/1/2009 4:38 PM
- landlockedeyes@xanga (message)
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I would have if I had known about it
- 4/1/2009 4:47 PM
- black_lie@xanga (message)
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Yes, I did.
- 4/1/2009 4:49 PM
- thegirlwiththecamera@xanga (message)
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i'm proud to say that i did (;
- 4/1/2009 5:08 PM
- xKarKar@xanga (message)
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Didn't even know about it xD
- 4/1/2009 5:31 PM
- sarahtsang123@xanga (message)
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Yes, I did, I turned off lights, TV, computer, and heater. I got cold real fast, lol. I looked out the window, sorry to say that most neighbors kept their lights on.
- 4/1/2009 8:02 PM
- stevew918@xanga (message)
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I turned off all of my lights, and then went and saw a play.

That counts, right?
- 4/1/2009 8:34 PM
- xSafety_x_Pinned_x_Heartx@xanga (message)
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Yes I did. All the lights were turned off already since I wasn't at home.
- 4/1/2009 8:44 PM
- kachino@xanga (message)
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Yes. I was on a school trip, and our hotel was downtown. It was pretty cool seeing all the lights out.
- 4/1/2009 8:52 PM
- doremi_ichigo@xanga (message)
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@kachino@xanga - haha, you cheated!
- 4/1/2009 8:52 PM
- anne (message)
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@anne - Hum, what's more important? The way or the end result?
- 4/1/2009 9:06 PM
- kachino@xanga (message)
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sad. i forgot about it .
but my co. did participate . we have our lifts lighted with uv lights.
- 4/1/2009 9:50 PM
- princessMic@xanga (message)
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I turned on every light in the house and around the pool and celebrated human achievement hour instead.
- 4/1/2009 10:04 PM
- pottermom@xanga (message)
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No.

I was sick and rushing back and forth from my bedroom to my bathroom...didn't want to trip in the dark and make things even worse.
- 4/1/2009 10:04 PM
- freeforming@xanga (message)
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No. I had homework to do.
- 4/2/2009 12:57 AM
- raved@xanga (message)
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Yes, I did.
- 4/2/2009 5:00 AM
- geneece@xanga (message)
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Hey! Where's Nashville?!
No, I did not participate in it.
- 4/2/2009 11:35 AM
- Audiofreak18@xanga (message)
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yup new family tradition...lots of candles and reading and games and of course a treat. we prepare fir it earlier so we can see when we need to just play! 2nd year participating We live in MN
- 4/4/2009 12:47 PM
- katogirl@xanga (message)
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you know during this time my brother went up to me and said it was the official earth day but i thought. hm isn't that in april next month??
turns out he was sorta, kinda, actually right and bummer i didn't participate! But next year for sure total 100% participation!
- 4/12/2009 11:32 PM
- xxLilPauliexx@xanga (message)
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Nope!
- 4/16/2009 8:32 PM
- raspberryjade@xanga (message)
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Yup. My sister, friend & I grabbed our flashlights and went on a looong walk [: It was fun.
- 4/18/2009 1:02 AM
- SaraBellz@xanga (message)
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no i didn't knew about it, i only knew about it when i saw it in news.and even if i did i wouldn't do it anyway, what's in it for me? lol. Just kidding.i'm scared of the dark, lol.
- 4/30/2009 9:22 AM
- cmnvb@xanga (message)
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