Dina of Jerusalem Hills Daily Photo mentioned how Israel celebrated their Earth Hour on Thursday.
I haven't seen any news about Hawaii's participation, but found this on the web. Looks like Hawaii is joining the world at 8:30 tonight for our Earth Hour.
I'm all for it! I'll have to get our candles out. I'm just so glad we've got our solar panels, Prius, CFLs, energy efficient appliances, etc. We can all make a difference if we just try.
POSTSCRIPT on following day: We did it last night! The strange thing is walking around in the dark reminded me of Japan and what many suffered and are still suffering. It made the inconvenience of me choosing to be without electricity for an hour seem trivial.
This morning I got an e-mail at last from my cousin in Sendai. I'll post what she said on Monday.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
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Kay, you and Art should be crowned the Princess and Prince of Hawaii Earth Hour for all you do.
ReplyDeleteIsrael, yes, well, the main event in Tel Aviv was rained out. But what they had planned to do is interesting--dancing with magnetic shoes on a special dance floor to create electricity. More at
http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=213785
Enjoy your hour of candlelight.
I sometimes think it should be more than an hour! Good for you, my friend!♥
ReplyDeleteToronto is participating! Even the schools did something this week, around the lunch hour one day, I think.
ReplyDeleteI'll try to remember, we all need to use less power.
ReplyDeleteI think this is an annual event. I'm in Texas right now and didn't hear about it, but in Bellingham last year, I participated (if it's the same event, that is). Good for you, Kay!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your past several posts. The book Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet sounds interesting to me as I know practically nothing about that period in the US. Today, for my birthday, my husband gave me the book “Waikiki A history of Forgetting and Remembering” by Gaye Chan – it is published by the University of Hawai’i Press and has many old pictures. Have you read it? Yes we certainly need to conserve energy, water and everything else we can.
ReplyDeleteVagabonde: No, I haven't read that one. My husband's aunt wrote "Ganbare: An Example of Japanese Spirit" about the Internment Camp era in Hawaii. It was also published by the University of Hawaii press. It was a sad, tragic time in our history.
ReplyDeleteI guess the hour is approaching. I'll have to see if our area is honoring this.
ReplyDeleteIt's cold and wet and dark outside. If I turn off the lights, can I have the TV on at least? Please?
Well E H didn't look as long as it seemed last year. I had three candles and I played solitaire. I was probably the only one in my village.
ReplyDeleteWell I certainly missed this one!
ReplyDeleteI guess I am ignorant on this, better get busy and see what it is about, but I think your video enlightened me, thanks. Thank you for coming by and have a nice Sunday.
ReplyDeleteThis video gives us courage to emerge from our hardship !!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing !!