Today is March 25 - and it's the day the world celebrates Earth Hour. The event, which began 10 years ago is to highlight the fact that we ALL need to be more aware about the condition of the earth - and how we ALL need to take care of the earth. So to symbolize a commitment to our mother ship, we are asked to turn out non-essential lights for one hour from 8:30-9:30PM. This event which began in Sydney, Australia has grown to thousands of cities worldwide. By reducing energy consumption by even one hour, tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions are said to be cut. While the purpose of the event is not primarily to reduce consumption, but to raise awareness, it's cool if the reduction does happen.
Of course, with EVERYTHING, there are critics who argue that climate change does not exist. I'm not going there. I'm a dog - so I'm not getting into THAT argument. But for me - awareness about being kind to our earth IS a good thing. I'm not planning a trip to live on the moon any time soon. No trees to pee on there. Ditto for Mars. Anyway, take a minute to be kind to our planet today - whether you symbolically turn out your lights, you recycle that plastic bag, or you walk to the store instead of taking your car. And here's a cool video I found of some dogs supporting the lights out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjNKdUPSnG8
Have a good one!
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