Share Earth Hour

For Earth Hour this year my family and I turned off all the lights and lit candles. We talked and played board games and had snacks. My picture shows: 8:30 because that is when Earth Hour began; a light bulb, which shows the lights going off; candles which we lit; and the Earth because we care about the planet we live on. The hands represent that everybody can help Earty and save it. I think Earth Hour should be 365 days a year for one hour every day. Save Our Earth!

Emily Peters, 11, St. George's Prep - P6

Spent Earth Hour reading by the light of candles I had never used before which I had for a few years. Waited for a special occasion!

We need to do something about newpaper in bermuda we could burn but it will make the air nasty.
it a problem.

My parents and I did it. Disappointing that few of neighbours seemed to. Hmm. How can we encourage them next year? I think we should have small community events every year for Earth Hour....at school halls for eg. We could play games and have a short nfo. session about Earth Hour/global warming.

We invited all our neighbours around for some cheese and wine and celebrated Earth Hour under the warm glow of candles and a hurricane lantern.
All around us we could see homes in darkness and couldn't help but smile that people in Fairylands at least, were participating in Earth Hour.
In fact, we had so much fun, we just kept the power off from 8.30 p.m until almost midnight.

I was fortunate enough to attend Greenrock's Earth Hour fundraising event at Newstead. At 8:30 all the unnecessary power was turned off and the whole patio was lit up by candle light...beautiful sight! We also had a perfect view of Hamilton across the Harbour. It was great to see all those that participated, but frustrating to see those that did not. Hopefully next year there will be even more participants. But all in all, I think Earth Hour was a success in Bermuda!

When 8:30 rolled around, we shut down the computers, and then flipped every circuit breaker off. No power at all. Then we grabbed a flashlight and went for a stroll on a darkened hillside. It was a gorgeous evening temp, Orion was easy to see, the crescent moon was a sight to behold, and then, we saw a shooting star - and it split into 2 parts just as it burned up!

About 30 minutes later we were back home and a laptop running on battery power was providing music.

Then just after the appointed hour, we turned each circuit breaker back, re-entered the land of light. But for one brief hour, our electricity meter did not budge!

Just completed the Earth Hour and was a little disappointed in various neighbours in the neighbourhood who did not! So we are doing an extra hour for them!

I am doing the earth hour tonight! Its going to be fun

P3 share the story Dear Children on the Earth by Schim Schimmel and their Earth conscious illustrations. The primary school is working towards 100% participation during Earth Hour. Each class will graph and post their results. We'll let you know how we do!

If you are not able to do this for yourself, do it for the future generations living in Bermuda. Learn more on ways you can protect 'Mother Earth'

I'm planning a family board game night for Earth Hour. What a great excuse to get the kids away from the TV and computer for a while!

Mayhaps with a new, environmentally conscious leader, the US can actually join in this time!

As a small country on a small island, we can all work together to ensure our voice is heard during this Global revolution against Global Warming.

Let's take some time out and 'turn off' and see how we can make a difference when we all act together.
Come on Bermuda...we can do it.

We can do better...and I know this for a fact...so let's try harder and reduce our dependency on fossil fuels - when it comes to power and transport