View Full Version : EARTH HOUR!!! 24 hours to go!!!
Shanaynay
30-03-2007, 18:54
Just a reminder that tomorrow night is EARTH HOUR!
Have you registered? If you do, you go in the draw to win a Toyota Prius :D
What will you be doing tomorrow night?
What will you be switching off?
It's DH's birthday tomorrow, so I'll be cooking him a birthday dinner and we'll start eating by 6:30pm.
At 7:30pm, I'm going to switch EVERYTHING off (probably at the mains maybe to save going round switching clock etc... off) and then light the candles on his birthday cake, as well as some more candles around the house :party:
ETA: Anyone on Bubhub between 7:30 and 8:30 their time tomorrow night will be in trouble :shame: :p
i dont think i can do it...i am here alone and i am scared at night without some lights on. i even sleep with the kitchen and front porch light on. if DP was home i would feel safe enough to do it but i dont think i can do it when i am here alone....i'm gonna feel so bad i am not participating though.
SorenLorensen
30-03-2007, 20:35
im going to do it.
just thinking out loud here....
does this kinda freak anyone out. i mean some of the city is going to do it and the world knows about it....this stuff really freaks me out some times....i think i worry a little to much sometimes:o
Shanaynay
30-03-2007, 20:36
im going to do it.
just thinking out loud here....
does this kinda freak anyone out. i mean some of the city is going to do it and the world knows about it....this stuff really freaks me out some times....i think i worry a little to much sometimes:o
:detective: What do you think could happen with no electricity?
SorenLorensen
30-03-2007, 20:44
:detective: What do you think could happen with no electricity?
alot
alot
yeah i think bad things could happen.... bad people taking advantage of the lack of light around i would think...
i am actually scared. i think i will lock myself in the house for an hour. i'm kinda making myself scared now... :eek:
mum2charli
30-03-2007, 20:53
We are doing it! Not sure what the plan is, but it will not involve electricity :thumbsup:
SorenLorensen
30-03-2007, 20:56
yeah i think bad things could happen.... bad people taking advantage of the lack of light around i would think...
i am actually scared. i think i will lock myself in the house for an hour. i'm kinda making myself scared now... :eek:
:hugs: thank you for saying it, i didnt want to look like some crazy loony who is scared of everything.....now that there are at least two of us that think that it cant be that weird..........can it :confused:
i will be having most of the lights off but its about the time i put dd to bed so all that will be on is my bedroom light or her light if im putting her to bed! still a lot less electricity than normal and thats the main goal here anyway right?
:hugs: thank you for saying it, i didnt want to look like some crazy loony who is scared of everything.....now that there are at least two of us that think that it cant be that weird..........can it :confused:
well if your a crazy looney then so am i!! :D
while i think it is a good idea in theory, for some its just not practical. and lets face it, there are some bad peope out there that will take advantage of the situation. if only DP was gonna be here tomorrow night, i would do it...
SilverStarfish
30-03-2007, 21:14
What's Earth Hour? :o
Shanaynay
30-03-2007, 21:18
Faeml!!! :shame:
www.earthour.org :thumbsup:
Shanaynay
30-03-2007, 21:19
The site says there are 56,000+ people commited to earth hour. Not many really :(
Who hasn't registered!!
we just registered...didnt realise we needed to :o
SilverStarfish
30-03-2007, 21:24
Faeml!!! :shame:
www.earthour.org :thumbsup:
I'm so ashamed of myself :o Can I plead ignorance cos I'm in Brisbane and its a NSW based initiative?
Argh I want to do it....but we are going to a 30th at a restaurant and my Mum is coming over to our house tobabysit...there is noway she'd be in on it....can I do it earlier?? Or does that defeat the purpose:( Are they going to have another one? Imagine if they made it a weekly or even monthly thing?? That would be amazing....
Shanaynay
30-03-2007, 21:38
Imagine if they made it a weekly or even monthly thing?? That would be amazing....
I know - just think of just one hour a week - how little that would effect us really, but so much in bigger picture!
I heard Maccas and Woolworths are supporting it... so are they closing for this hour, or what? :detective:
MilkOnTap
31-03-2007, 08:24
Argh I want to do it....but we are going to a 30th at a restaurant and my Mum is coming over to our house tobabysit...there is noway she'd be in on it.....
Maybe just turn off all the power that she DOESN'T need to use; like your bedroom lamps and alarm clock at the powerpoint; the toaster at the powerpoint; the washing machine, dryer, computer - everything that she WONT be using at the powerpoint.
Even when electrical items are on standby they are using electricity and the aim of Earth Hour is to reduce our electricity consumption :thumbsup:
javalava
31-03-2007, 17:02
At 7:30pm, I'm going to switch EVERYTHING off (probably at the mains maybe to save going round switching clock etc... off) and then light the candles on his birthday cake, as well as some more candles around the house :party:
Perhaps not the best idea... unless you want your fridge to start a defrost. :thumbsup:
charlieangus
31-03-2007, 17:10
going to turn most lights off and things like dryer and washing machine, which I do at night usually. I think every little bit we save helps...you dont have to turn it all off!!!!
KarniF00l
31-03-2007, 17:23
Perhaps not the best idea... unless you want your fridge to start a defrost. :thumbsup:
It wont make much difference Laura if you keep it shut :)
Everything is going off in this house. Just turning the main power switch off.
javalava
31-03-2007, 17:24
It wont make much difference Laura if you keep it shut :)
Everything is going off in this house. Just turning the main power switch off.
True i guess its only an hour hey
bearsmummy
31-03-2007, 17:26
I heard Maccas and Woolworths are supporting it... so are they closing for this hour, or what? :detective:
I work for Woolworths and ill be there tonight .... there has been no talk at our store about switching lights off etc... the store is closed at that time so its just nightfillers there....
there is no way we could possibly fill shelves in the dark (too much of a safety issue).... ill ask if we can swicth off the lights we dont need but thats all we would be able to do.
I guess every little bit counts :)
ETA i just looked on the earth hour site and it says that woolworths have signed up.... hmmmm why hasnt my store said anything?:confused: im going in now to kick some butte!!! :banghead:
Shanaynay
31-03-2007, 19:32
Hey bearsmummy - so did anything happen at work? (when you get back)
So who did it? I did :smiliedance:
DH was really annoyed about it though :rolleyes:
:smiliedance: I did it too! :smiliedance: :D Read a book by torchlight :thumbsup:
Buddha Bubbas
31-03-2007, 19:40
We did it. Except evil SS who kept going in the bathroom and turning the light on to do his hair :shame:
DP went to woolies just after 7.30 pm and isnt home yet. I have visions of him pushing a trolley around in the dark :laughing:
Becteria
31-03-2007, 19:59
THAT WAS SO much easier than i thought it would be - considering we had 3 kids here too!
bearsmummy
01-04-2007, 00:31
Hey bearsmummy - so did anything happen at work? (when you get back)
Work didnt do it :mad: Supposedly its an eastern states thing... i cant see why we couldnt join in as well tho... every little bit counts :D
I told the nightfill captain and she wasnt interested the slightest... but i did go switch the staffroom lights off where nobody would notice lol :p
I also turned everything off b4 i went to work so that helps too.
I love the idea of doing this every week, would be good to take some time to just sit back and chill out without the use of all my modern day luxuries. :)
We did it, and it was fantastic. We lit some candles, sat in the garden and talked. It was really really lovely. In fact, it was so good to spend some time together completely uninterrupted by the TV, the computer, cooking, washing blah blah blah that we've decided to do it every week.
I really hope that many families around the country enjoyed an hour of uninterrupted time together.
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