Earthour 2009 – The big turn-off

What started in Sydney in 2007 is now a world wide phenomenon. Earth Hour is a symbolic event. Turning off our lights for an hour won’t stop climate change but it does demonstrate that our individual action is important and adds up to make a big difference. More importantly, it sends a very powerful message to government and world leaders that people want policies and regulations put in place that can achieve meaningful emission reduction to help fight climate change.
Earth Hour is about more than just turning off the lights, it’s also an opportunity to turn on young minds!
In the US Chicago returned this year as an Earth Hour flagship city, and organizers are hopeful that the campaign leads to sustained, year-round action – in fact, it already has. As an extension of their Earth Hour participation, many downtown buildings have voluntarily pledged to turn off non-essential, decorative lighting and lit signage in the late night hours every night of the year. The Sears Tower, Hancock Building, Tribune Tower, Merchandise Mart, and many more will power down these lights every night at 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and at 11 p.m. or midnight (depending on the season) every Friday and Saturday, following guidelines developed by the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago. The big turn-off was for Earth Hour 2009, presented by ComEd, and approximately 230 downtown Chicago buildings and more than 1,400 local businesses, schools, restaurants and organizations throughout Illinois joined hundreds of millions of people around the world in voluntarily turning off the lights in a symbolic gesture to show concern about climate change.

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