Earth Hour: Saving Energy, Saving Money, & Saving The Earth!

By Mitch Mader—From Sydney, Australia to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Earth Hour, which was held on March 28 from 8-9pm (20:00-21:00), has made a huge impact, not just on the environment, but on people too. Earth Hour, which is a designated hour where people are encouraged to power down and turn off the lights for a whole hour, to conserve energy and spread global awareness of climate change. The Sydney (Australia) Opera House, where Earth Hour began three years ago, dimmed it’s lights, along with Big Ben in London, the Eiffel Tower, the Egyptian Pyramids, and the Canadian Parliamentary Buildings on Parliament Hill. The event isn’t so much about saving electricity as it is about spreading awareness, but electricity usage levels dropped in most cases, in Alberta it was down over 3%, compared to last years increase in electricity usage of 3%, showing that the event is catching on, and spreading awareness like it should. Next year’s event is expected to bring even more drops in the usage of energy.