Saturday March 28th at 8:30pm Local time people around the world will turn off, unplug, and cut their engines for the second annual Earth Hour. As of today, 80 countries and 750 cities have “committed” to Earth Hour 2009, a big jump from the 35 countries that participated in 2008. Businesses, government buildings and private residences are asked to turn off all non-essential lights and appliances in an attempt to raise awareness about global climate change. Last year’s event was an overwhelming success with cities reporting big drops in power demand that translated into a reduction of hundreds of tonnes of carbon monoxide that would have otherwise been emitted.
The One One Four, like all responsible organizations, is committed to environment responsibility. To do our part for this event we have decided to “go dark” for the entire day. That means all the computers and work spaces associated with The One One Four will be shut off from Midnight Friday March 27th to Midnight Saturday March 28th. So there will be no posts that day. But you probably wont notice, we hope, because you’ll have your lights out and computers off too.