Earth Hour in Phoenix

What will you be doing between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, 2008? The City of Phoenix is one of four major U.S. cities in the nation (Atlanta, San Francisco, and Chicago are the other three) participating in this international event.

Many buildings in Phoenix will go dark for that hour. Residents of Phoenix are encouraged to make a bold statement about climate change and how we can all save energy and, in turn, save our planet. How? By saving as much electricity as you can during that one hour. How do you do that? By turning off all non-essential equipment, appliances and lights that use electricity.

You are not being asked to unplug the refrigerator. But you could turn off all or most of your lights, not use the garage door opener, not watch TV, power down the computer, not brew coffee, and not use the oven or stove for that one hour. You could even unplug everything that is charging in your home. That means your wireless phone, your iPod, your toothbrush, the golf cart and your digital camera batteries.

Get current Earth Hour information and see my list of Ten Things You Can Do In the Dark in Phoenix.