What to do during Earth Hour

[frualeydis]

I am almost finished with a new skirt, stitching down the waistband on the inside remains, but will be done by hand during Earth Hour. I also plan to cut out and start sewing a collar for a new blouse. Or read aloud from "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz" for Maja and the family. Since I'm both a medievalist and a wiccan there's plenty of candles and candlesticks.

Comments

[knightsmarshall.livejournal.com]

And I was making Dee's 19th Cen chemise during earth hour.
Spooky...

I did cheat though. I did watch 'Shaun of the Dead' during the lights out and used the TV's illumination.

What else would you watch when all the lights are out?
: )

[sneprinsesse.livejournal.com]

I celebrated a friends birthday at a restaurant, so I didn't get to observe it. I have at least 30 candlesticks/lanterns/etc so it would have been bright enough at home.

[nazgman.livejournal.com]

It all depends on which statement you want to make.

If you want to contribute your little grain to the heap of CO2 reduction then you should realise that a candle produces about 100 W of power, all taken from fossile fuels (unless you made the bees do all the work). 100 W of (electrical) power will light 25 of these energy saving lamps. If you then consider that something like over 90% of Swedish electricity comes from other sources than fossile fuels, then one single candle has the equivalent CO2 emission of about 250 energy saving lamps.

Just so one gets things in the right perspective.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

As if I didn't know this, but a global manifestation raises people's awareness and may make them do sensible things like actually trun of their TVs and computers and not just put then on stand-by, or even the more profund changes that are deperately needed, such as cuting down on their car and plane travels, meat consumption and general usage of resources.
Unfortunately people who does not want to change will always come up with excuses.

/Eva

[nazgman.livejournal.com]

Agreed.
Glad to see that at least you realise this. In the media I see a clear discrepancy between scientific facts and political and/or environmental actions. The perspective seems to be seriously lost.