earth one hour 2010

You are right it is tokenistic nonsense - a quasi-religious ritual for anti-technology Gaia worshipers: The recent Earth Hour advertisements exhorted us to turn off the lights in the evening and enjoy a “candle-lit dinner” instead. This crystallised in my mind the idiocy of this event - everyone knows candles produce more CO2 than the incandescent bulb, and lots more than a fluorescent bulb. This is symbolic of the retreat from reason that is Earth Hour - not one single coal-powered station in the country will shut down for earth hour, so no power will be saved, it will instead just be wasted. The fact that “2,848 cities, towns and municipalities in 84 countries have already committed to Vote Earth for Earth Hour” is evidence of nothing but a form of mass hysteria. The fact that China, India and emerging countries lead the call for action on climate change is a cynical act of hypocrisy, given that they are calling for action by everyone else but China, India and emerging countries. These countries are themselves the fastest growing polluters in the world - China now exceeds the carbon footprint of the USA, and India is not far behind. The Vote Earth movement seems to me to be a rejection of the Age of Enlightenment in favour of a return to the dim glow of medieval ignorance, where modern-day peasants will sit smugly in the dark as a form of Mother Nature worship. As Earth Hour asks us to symbolically turn off the light of reason, I have decided to Vote Human instead and turn every light in the house on tomorrow night - I encourage you all to do the same. In the immortal words of Dylan Thomas: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light!” I have recently installed floodlights in the back yard - the glow in the sky will coming from my place!
Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth hour was conceived by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights.[1] Following Sydney's lead, many other cities around the world adopted the event in 2008.[2][3] Earth Hour 2010 will take place on March 27, 2010 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., local time.

Earth Hour 2010 will be held from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time, March 27.[4]

Earth Hour 2010 will continue to be a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. Essential cultural events like Canadian hockey matches will carry on regardless of Earth Hour. According to the Vancouver Sun, "TV, particularly when tuned to the Canucks, is classified as an essential use of power."[5]

Earth Hour 2010 is reportedly on track to become the largest Earth Hour yet, aiming to garner more than the one billion participant goal of 2009's Earth Hour.[6] 121 countries have signed up for Earth Hour 2010.

A list of 812 icons and landmarks worldwide will turn off their lights for Earth Hour, including:

Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima

Bank of America Tower, Miami

Big Ben, London

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

Burj Al Arab, Dubai

Burj Khalifa, Dubai

Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro

CN Tower, Toronto

Colosseum, Rome

Coca Cola Billboard, Kings Cross, Sydney

Eiffel Tower, Paris

El Ángel, Mexico City

Empire State Building, New York

Forbidden City, Beijing

Four Seasons Hotel, Miami

Gateway Arch, St. Louis

Grand Palace, Bangkok

Hanoi Opera House, Hanoi

Leaning Tower of Pisa, Pisa

London Eye, London

Malacanang Palace, Manila

Manila City Hall, Manila

Nhà Rồng Harbour, Ho Chi Minh City

Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls

Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Lisbon

Piccadilly Circus, London

Pyramids of Giza, Cairo

Red Fort, Delhi

Reunification Palace, Ho Chi Minh City

Rialto Tower, Melbourne

Q1 Tower, The Gold Coast

Saigon Opera House, Ho Chi Minh City

Sky Tower, Auckland

SM Mall of Asia, Manila

Space Needle, Seattle

Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney

Sydney Opera House, Sydney

Tokyo Tower, Tokyo

Torre dos Clérigos, Porto

Trevi Fountain, Italy

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Sign, Las Vegas

Willis Tower, Chicago

Celebrity Earth Hour ambassadors who are supporting the Earth Hour message include:

Nobel laureates: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Helen Clark (former New Zealand Prime Minister)

Presidents/Mayors: Valdas Adamkus (Lithuania), Nguyễn Minh Triết (Vietnam)[7], Boris Johnson (London)

Entertainer: The Cranberries (Ireland), Andox and Box (Hong Kong), former Spice Girl Melanie Chisholm, and a panda named Mei Lan. At the moment 214 ambassadors have signed on to support EH 2010.

Earth Hour has garnered global support from over fourty five international corporations such as IKEA, HSBC, PwC, Accenture and Nokia Siemens Networks