EARTH HOUR

I guess that is 8.30 pm - 9.30 pm British time ?
Interesting blog. :o)

Ooops sorry TT yes should have said British Time..........apologies

Sounds a good idea, but will the National Grid be able to cope with everyone switching back on simultaneously, it doesn't take much to upset a sub-station.
Perhaps asking everyone to switch off for an hour at some point during the evening / day would be less likely to upset.

Sounds sensible, Xela.

Is it only lights to go off? Can I still use my computer? I am going into town tomorrow and wonder if all bigger centres will have WWF representatives around. Sounds like a good idea.

will remember that day before my and my daughters birthday (yes she was born on my birthday haven't had a look in since!!) isn't it nice though that you get something for nothing (well turning your lights off) these days, no wonder you were surprised.

No they have thought of that Xela...it is only lights not all electricity

i remember last yr when all the lights were switched off for an hr, it was a saturday and there were extra guards drafted in to the city centre as they expected lots of trouble when the lights went off lol. happy to say there was no bother at all

I wonder if it the same time for all time zones? If you do it at 8:30 your time that would be at 30 minutes past noon here. We are 8 hours behind you. It wouldn't make much sense to do it in the middle of the day. I better do some research.

I just had a look on the website for WWF. Everyone turns off their lights at 8:30pm in their own time zone. So I'll be turning off my lights 8 hours after the people in the UK.

Thanks Milky for the informative blog. :o)

Well done Gilli......would be a bit silly at mid day wouldnt it..........

cool milky will do that here.

What a great idea..please remind us nearer the time Milky...have a memory like a sieve..lol

will do....thanks Jewells and Bonkers

I will remember that as well as it,s the day after my birthday ,and the day before my sons ... there,s a lot of birthdays in March .
Thanks for letting us know Milky ...!
It is a great idea .. :o)

I shall remember Maureen, Thank you for telling us about it.

yes I can do that

Thanks all....................

Wow Milky, thanks for the reminder.
They did this a couple of years back and there were pictures from major cities around the world before and during the 'black out'.
Paris turned off the Eiffel Tower lights and Sydney did the same with Opera House. I seem to remember Nasa had some satellite images too and the difference was amazing.
It's good that you'll have a lovely candle to light up the dark though, candle light is so lovely, very comforting I think.