Earth Hour

Yesterday was Earth Hour 2009 where turning off your lights for 1 hour was a vote for the planet. Here are some snippets of the news on the event.

From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the lights on Saturday for the second Earth Hour, dimming skyscrapers, city streets and some of the world's most recognizable monuments for 60 minutes to highlight the threat of climate change. Read more ...

The stars could shine brighter over Portage and Main tonight as a host of buildings at the intersection and around Winnipeg take a symbolic stand against climate change and turn out the lights. Read more ...

Canada, an enthusiastic participant in the 2008 Earth Hour event, surpassed itself this year and has the electricity consumption figures to prove it. Utilities in Toronto, reported a 15.1 percent drop in electricity use over the hour, compared to 8.7 percent during Earth Hour 2008. Read more ...

The energy-saving numbers were crunched Sunday and on paper, it might not look like some provinces did much to mark Earth Hour and yet organizers of the event and hydro providers said the lights-out event was a success in Canada. Read more ...

The Pyramids of Egypt went dark for Earth Hour. So did the Sydney Opera House, a remote Antarctica research station, and even Beijing's "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium. But you'd never guess at the worldwide support in Winnipeg, where we marked Earth Hour by using even more power than normal. Read more ...

I took some photos with the spycam during and after Earth Hour - Photo Gallery