For the first fifteen minutes of the allotted Earth Hour on Saturday night, we forgot to turn off the lights. But then our neighbor called to remind us and we all sort of slapped our foreheads. Oh yeah, Earth Hour.
So we turned off the lights, but we couldn’t decide if it was bad form to finish watching the new Nancy Drew movie. We noticed that our other neighbors across the street seemed to be watching TV without the lights on—as evidenced by the blue glow flickering through their curtains—so we decided it was okay.
After that, we played Clue by candlelight, which is what I imagine the founders of Earth Hour had envisioned when they came up with the idea. Then Leah and I went online to check out what we were participating in (such is the busy life of a parent). Honestly, I have no idea if Earth Hour makes any difference at all, but I like the idea of solidarity with world neighbors, and I'm a sucker for wild storms set to music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxu3MluKl8A