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Earth Hour

Sooooooooo. What's everyone doing for Earth Hour tonight?

I'm even going to shut off the laptop and the modem and the router.

SHOCKING I KNOW.

I'll be twitching by 9:00. ;)
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[identity profile] dragonsinger.livejournal.com 2009-03-28 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. What time are we supposed to do that? Because a movie I want to watch comes on at nine.:)
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[personal profile] kajivar 2009-03-28 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Between 8:30-9:30 local time. Technically it's lights out, so maybe you could cheat just a little and turn the TV on at 9:00? ;)

[identity profile] dragonsinger.livejournal.com 2009-03-28 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahhh...we can probably do the lights out part (except if we have to use the bathroom because it doesn't have a window, and I'd probably break my neck).
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[personal profile] kajivar 2009-03-28 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
*g* I'm sure the organizers would prefer to Earth Hour related deaths and would understand completely.

[identity profile] ryxander.livejournal.com 2009-03-28 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you know if that's 8:30 PM EST, or what?

We're going to do what we can, but it may be tricky with a little girl who's scared of the dark in the house... but we can at the very least minimize.
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[personal profile] kajivar 2009-03-28 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It's 8:30 PM EST, yes. It goes by local time, so it's not the whole world at once.

Oh no, who's scared of the dark?

[identity profile] ryxander.livejournal.com 2009-03-29 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
Maya, a bit. I went with nightlights. It was all good. :)
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[personal profile] kajivar 2009-03-29 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Woot! :)

[identity profile] mooseloon.livejournal.com 2009-03-28 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
it is 8:30 local time, and it is "turn off all non-essential lights" so it sounds like you have a very essential issue for some light. Candles are recomended (but not ideal for small children.)

[identity profile] gingererer.livejournal.com 2009-03-28 09:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Does this mean that I shouldn't go out in the golf cart? It's far more economical than the minivan.

I'll probably be working on the laptop, with at least some of the lights going so that I can see the keys.
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[personal profile] kajivar 2009-03-28 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely better than no effort at all. I'm going hardcore! ;)

[identity profile] samiraalthores.livejournal.com 2009-03-28 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm looking at my electrical meter before 8:30 pm and then turning off everything I can including vamp power strips. Then going to look again at the meter. Just a little experiment tied to earth hour. :)

Meditation is on my list for the hour.
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[personal profile] kajivar 2009-03-29 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Awesome. :D

[identity profile] mooseloon.livejournal.com 2009-03-28 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I ideally will be doing my pre-bedtime meditation by then, which doesn't require electricity :-p

I will shut down my laptop before i head off to knit
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[personal profile] kajivar 2009-03-29 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
My cats looked at me like something was wrong when I shut down my laptop. It's not normal! ;)
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[personal profile] bellatemple 2009-03-28 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Got appliances unplugged (which I've been meaning to do for awhile) and candles set up. I have an insane amount of tea lights, which are hanging out in juice glasses. Now I just need to figure out what books I want to read/if I want to doodle or write for the hour.

And, yeah, I'll be switching the modem and router off, too.

ETA I'm wishing it wasn't raining. I'd love to see how the stars look with so many people switching off lights. Though I suspect all the street lights and such will remain on. There's a car dealership nearby that's simply GLARING with bright halogen.
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[personal profile] kajivar 2009-03-29 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
The outside lights were all on here, too. Ah, well, it was nice and dark in this corner at least. :)

[identity profile] sideofzen.livejournal.com 2009-03-28 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I WILL BE SEEING RACHEL MADDOW LIVE AND IN PERSON!

WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE COUNTS AS SAVING THE PLANET. SO YEAH.
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[personal profile] kajivar 2009-03-29 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
SAVE SOME FOR ME OMG

[identity profile] vastin.livejournal.com 2009-03-29 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Was hoping to spend it stargazing, but it seems that the sky is kind of hazy overcast, and our town isn't cool enough to turn out the damn streetlights, which are the main source of light polution, so visibility hasn't improved as I hoped it might.

Sooo, dunno. Sit around on the internet or read something by candlelight I guess.
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[personal profile] kajivar 2009-03-29 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, all the parking lot lights were on at my apartment complex, so no go here, too. Woe. :(

[identity profile] reverendj.livejournal.com 2009-03-29 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
I was fixing my computer and watching March Madness, is that close? :)
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[identity profile] qkellie.livejournal.com 2009-03-29 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Poo, I would've totally done this except I didn't know it was happening. I wasn't home during that hour, so there was no active electrical usage. I just wish I'd known so I could've turned off my porch light.
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