Comment from Halgren Family
March 24th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

We'll be joining this year! Wouldn't it be great if everyone joined in! What a difference a day makes! I think the money we save will go into my Breast Cancer 3Day Walk fund! If anyone else would like to donate theirs please visit my page and make a tax free donation- http://www.the3day.org/goto/KarenHalgren

Going green is SO needed in order to save the earth for grands and great grands and theirs even! Unplugging things you don't use all the time- toasters, hair dryers,radios, TV, computer- these all use electricity even when shut off! We can all make a difference with the little things!

Comment from Beverly
March 24th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

A little darkness now, so there will be less darkness later.

Comment from Ben
March 24th, 2009 at 4:25 pm

You people make excellent slaves. You are trained well. I have to let you in on a secret: Your lights being off will not help anything. Also, your lights being ON will not hurt anything. That's the truth. Now go ahead and spout off about how big of an energy waster I am.

Hi Ben,

Thanks for your views,
Sam Parry — Director, Online Membership and Activism

Comment from Mike Whitn ey
March 24th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

No way, I will not be a part of this climate change hoax

Comment from G. Lynas
March 24th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

Turning off lamps might save a little bit of energy but why not turn off the televisions and computers too? It's too easy to watch TV for an hour and to have a romantic dinner by candlelight. (Remember to take care with candles.) Also keep in mind that the power will still be produced until we require less on a regular basis. Electricity does not store easily.

Comment from michelle mitchum
March 24th, 2009 at 4:53 pm

I think everyone should pray during that hour,pray for family,goverment,church,military,schools,who doesn't need prayer.Take it upon yourself for one hour of unselfish time,just think how dissappointed the devil will be we are not watching tv(awesome)!!!

Comment from Suzanne B.
March 24th, 2009 at 5:14 pm

I'm in! And so is my husband.

Comment from Spencer
March 24th, 2009 at 5:16 pm

I'm gonna do it this year. I did it last year, and although some people think that it won't make any kind of difference, maybe it won't, who knows. But if it won't help or hurt the planet, what's the harm in just doing it anyway.
The bottom line: If you wanna do it, do it. If you don't, don't.

Comment from H. Clay Black
March 24th, 2009 at 5:21 pm

I note the earlier comments, but even if we aren't reducing the country's energy consumption by shuting off lights, and also even with televisions, computers, etc.shut off, we are taking a symbolic act that may bring more people to think about or learn about what our science is telling us about where our consumption of non-renewable forms of energy is taking the ecology of earth.

Comment from Ben
March 24th, 2009 at 5:32 pm

Again, you are excellent slaves. Maybe you should stop acting like sheep and use that mass between your ears (that's your brain) for something useful like telling the New World Order/carbon-tax/climate change liars to die in a hole. Don't you see that they are training you to obey their orders? They make you think it's for a good cause so that you obey willingly. The truth is that it's just a carrot on a stick that you follow to any ends.

Comment from Mickie
March 24th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

Count us in I think it is a great thing to do as a family. Anything to teach our children to be more enviromentally conscious is awesome.

Comment from Don
March 24th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

Head-in-the-sand self-righteous true believers:
You couldn't influence the earth's climate if you held your breath until you croaked. Might as well get on with your life. The earth as always will take its own course–no matter how HARD you believe!
A former "believer" along with you, I guess you can now spit at me and use epithets like "denier."
I did a whole lot of reading. I'm out.

Comment from Sarah
March 24th, 2009 at 5:48 pm

Count us in! All four.So glad Big John at Breakfast,Hallam FM is promoting this! BIG kiss and hug for him.X

Comment from Joan
March 24th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

BAAAA….

It is with independent thought that I've decided to turn out the lights–it's a wonderful gesture, even if it remains symbolic & the less power I pay for, the better!

Comment from ilovegreen
March 24th, 2009 at 6:01 pm

im so taking part (=

Comment from Stefan
March 24th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

i don't understand people who previously commented negative on this world wide action…actually this,if we all do it,will save a lot of energy and money too-this is not a hoax people and if you don't want to do it ,don't tell us about it…it will be like just 60 minutes out of your yearly energy wastage,and it's too much for you??? well boo hoo for you,who cares- I'M IN!!!

EARTH HOUR O:)

Comment from Ann
March 24th, 2009 at 6:37 pm

count on me…a good beginning!

Comment from Ashley
March 24th, 2009 at 6:40 pm

I'll be in a hotel with my family of 4 in fort.lauderdale florida but we're in and well spread the word there the best i can…i think this is a great idea

Comment from Denise
March 24th, 2009 at 6:44 pm

My family and I are in and we actually made up our own minds. This is a positive movement and we really don't have time for negativity. Positive thinking and actions are what will save this planet!!

Comment from weatherdude
March 24th, 2009 at 7:12 pm

I WILL NOT be taking place in this evil worship of the environment.

Comment from Jody
March 24th, 2009 at 7:37 pm

I'm in! And why not? It's a symbol of our unity in wanting/wishing/hoping the peoples and companies and government across the world will SEE our voices making a statement by joining in this small but significant jester.
How lovely to feel so connected… in my humble opinion.

Comment from Sensible
March 24th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

Meaningful or symbolic, this is a great cause. For those who believe that global warming is a hoax perpetuated by aliens; “go get em boys”! I’d rather live in a clean fish tank than a dirty one any day. So, while non-believers are shoveling the soot out of their driveways, and hacking the carbon out of their lungs the rest of us will be breathing easy. I'm enjoying the warmer weather, but I'll be shutting of the lights! Let’s forget the debate on warming and focus on the clean fresh air!

Comment from Dr. James Singmaster
March 24th, 2009 at 10:00 pm

I suggest that a much more beneficial action to be sponsored by ED staff and others would be to call on the distressed USPS to cut residential mail delivery to every other day. That would cut about 25% of its fuel costs, which are perhaps over $100 million/yr. and 25% of unneeded GHG emissions. This seems to me at least to be a no brainer with most people using e-mail or cell phones to correspond now. What do commentors here think as you would not have junk mail to separate every day then. Dr. J. Singmaster

Comment from Torrey
March 24th, 2009 at 10:51 pm

I am taking part too.

Comment from lmurch
March 24th, 2009 at 11:07 pm

It is a wonderful gesture but what we REALLY need is the govt. to become involved and force corporations to do the right thing!!! peace

Comment from andrea
March 25th, 2009 at 12:23 am

what a lovely idea and beautiful, powerful gesture! count us in. (that Ben is pretty funny, isn't he? ~ he just doesn't "get it". i feel sorry for him, so angry.)

Comment from Harmony
March 25th, 2009 at 12:33 am

USPS every other day would work for me – I only pick it up a couple times/week anyway: bills/ads always obediently waiting. I'd better not wait so long to mail back the few paid bills I can't do online! I think most folx would pitch a fit – kind of like when we tried to do away with pennies and issue $1 coins instead of $1 bills to save money…

Comment from jodia
March 25th, 2009 at 5:00 am

As a nation we use far too much energy, my family is in.
Ben, are you afraid of the dark?

Comment from RCnash
March 25th, 2009 at 7:49 am

I'm interested in a method to compute savings by household, by type of item turned off, (e.g., lights, TV, washer, dryer, dishwasher, et al), then by City.

It would show some interesting figures I'll bet.

Can you publish something like that? Thanks.

Comment from e
March 25th, 2009 at 8:32 am

wonder if the effort can be seen in any satellite pics of the earth. would be interesting to compare it to another night as a measurement of participation.
re why to do it – it may not make an improvement tomorrow but if nothing else, it can be used as a measurement tool to demonstrate to the govt how people are ahead of govt and industry in their interest in change. entrpeneurs get cracking.

Comment from Anne and Priscilla
March 25th, 2009 at 9:39 am

We are in. The stars will shine.

Comment from stephanie
March 25th, 2009 at 9:50 am

totally in at our house! =D

Comment from Tanya
March 25th, 2009 at 10:05 am

My husband and I will definitely be joining this year, opting to sit outside on our patio and light some candles and watch the nightfall roll in.

As for Ben up above, we are merely doing this to show our support for energy reform. We are not slaves, as you call us. However, I would like to point out a group of people who continue to deny something is real even in the face of scientific evidence showing the contrary; a group of people who, for no logical reason whatsoever (except perhaps they are lying and cheating the American citizens to continue to line their pockets) feel global warming is a hoax; a group of people who deny the inevitable, who feel all the pollution and carbon we are spewing into the atmosphere is harmless, a group of people who feel they have a right to rape, pillage, and plunder mother nature just to keep themselves comfortable while the utility companies rape, pillage, and plunder those people's wallets. I call that group "sheeple," because they blindly follow the herd and merely regurgitate whatever lies their leaders poison their brains with. You make a great drone, Ben.

Comment from Vince
March 25th, 2009 at 11:25 am

150 years ago, the night sky was so clear a millions of stars were visible to the naked eye. This hour could open our eyes to that view as well as save energy. Ben doesn't care, but i do.

Comment from Debbie & Kimmie
March 25th, 2009 at 11:45 am

This is an excellent opportunity to teach our children the importance of caring for our planet. Its fun, its easy and worth it! We participated last year and will be doing so again this year along with my friends and family.

Comment from Slash
March 25th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

Good luck with this. I will be driving from 8:30-9:30 pm so I will turn off my headlights!

Comment from Ben
March 25th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

I'll tell you what… I'll shut mine off that night for 7 hours. You earth haters… shutting it off for 1 hour. I'm 7 times more earth loving than you are!

Comment from Dr. James Singmaster
March 25th, 2009 at 6:30 pm

Pursuant to my comment above about cutting USPS residential delivery to every other day, I should have added that some boosting of bulk mailing fees also needs to be done to cut the amount of junk mail. I suggest that regular mail order operations be allowed 16 mailings a year at regular bulk rates but more would have to pay the full regular rates. Also rates might be increased after a certain weight is mailed in a year. This would also reduce some trees being cut down to make the junk mail as well as cutting emissions. Many dept. stores send out with newspapers flyer as well as having ads in them so I wonder what value there is in sending out mail flyers as well. Not very many people, who get such ads by just mail flyers, are shoppers if they are not newspaper readers. Dr. J. Singmaster

Comment from Amy S.
March 25th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

wow, Ben, you really don't have anything else to do? it's always amazing to me that some people have enough time and space in their life to waste on visiting and commenting on websites that they don't even like. amazing. name-calling and slamming others is just boring. "Kudos" to you Sam Parry for such a diplomatic and kind response. i'm not quite capable of that kind of response yet. oh yea- and I AM DEFINITELY "IN" on Earth Hour and am passing on the info. KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT and do it with KINDNESS in your heart.

Comment from Misty H.
March 25th, 2009 at 11:12 pm

I have done this before. I am happy to do what I can for the environment and therefore, will be turning off my lights and tv. The time I did it before, I stood in my living room and sang and danced for my three cats; it was fun!

Comment from Leah L.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:55 am

We are so IN! Rally round the campfire I say, we so love our material things to much and need a break from them to get back to who we really are! I was taught from a young age not to litter, I thank my parents for teaching me respect for the enviroment at such a young age. Ben….. you just need a hug. Peace out!!

Comment from eofarabie
March 26th, 2009 at 1:02 am

Had a thought. The rest of us can just turn off for additional hours (Ben's portion), ignore Ben and brainstorm some positive actions.

Comment from Maps
March 26th, 2009 at 3:16 am

I think it is a great and wonderful idea, and a step in the right direction as it gets millions of people from across the planet to move as "one" on an issue we all truly care about. It clearly shows the power of the people. I might suggest using this power as a "collective" to send a message to those that are keeping energy efficient technology that has existed for decades under wraps. For those that have seen the movie Zeigeist, you'll know that these criminals have long kept this technology under wraps simply because of greed, power and control. Thank you for all the good work your organization has done! I look forward to March 28th and I beleive we CAN make a difference, one person at a time!

Comment from Robyn
March 26th, 2009 at 8:53 am

We're in! To the non believers: How could you possibly think it wouldn't help. People like you just have to go against logic to be different. You're all morons.

Comment from john perkins jr
March 26th, 2009 at 11:20 am

yes we will join in I hope that more pepole join in I will let my parents and frinds know about lights out.

Comment from Kathryn
March 26th, 2009 at 11:27 am

I'm encouraging all my friends to participate. I think the idea is not only to turn off all the electrical gadgets you can for one hour, but to use that time to talk with each other about the larger issues of climate change. So in addition to a symbolic gesture, it is a "time-out" from our consumptive lives to stop, think, and raise awareness.

Come to think of it, doing this EVERY evening for an hour could be really life-changing for all of us!

Comment from Nadina pupic
March 26th, 2009 at 11:29 am

My household is doing it again this year. Last year we just went and turned the breakers of for an ahour. So technically everything was cut off in the house. We made dinner beforehand and ate and talked for an hour. I encourag everyone to do it

Comment from Gustav Alsina
March 27th, 2009 at 3:28 am

Skepticism dies hard after years of deceit. Divided… we loose. I will make it a point as important as can be to turn lights off from 8:30 to 9:30 on Saturday. If just a glimpse of what can be accomplished by coming together, this is a valuable opportunity to find out. I am very thankful for this. Please leave behind the bitterness of past betrayals and join in on this.

Comment from lovin'life
March 27th, 2009 at 9:16 am

If we could harness all the negative energy from Ben and Weatherdude and channel it back into good energy, we'de have a much brighter future!
I'm in!

Comment from Klare
March 27th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

To RCnash…you can calculate your energy savings. Go to http://www.Kilowattours.org and follow the info…they have an online calculator that you can subscribe to be a part of to track your energy usage and savings each month.

Comment from Klare
March 27th, 2009 at 10:17 pm

Yes, I will be turning off all my lights and everything else tomorrow night. Candles are "in" and I liked the suggestion about praying for an hour. If Ben and Weatherdude would participate in this way, who knows what the great outcome might be? Thoughts are energy just as words are–set up this positive vibration to travel around the world! Our world needs all the divine help it can get! It's the hundredth monkey syndrome…if you and 99 other people do it, the wave will catch around the world and all will begin to do it! Man and the Earth need saving like never before! Yes, the world has always been guilty of egregious violence, but it is worse today because there are so many more people upon the planet. Pray for an hour–and turn out the electricity! Thanks for this powerful reminder!

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