The Earth Hour, that is!
March 29th is Earth Hour Day. From 8pm to 8pm in your local time zone, you are to switch off the lights and stuff.
A number of astronomers out for an early evening look at the stars will thank you, and the Earth will thank you.
More details here.








Comments
8pm till 8pm is awfully short time, methinks ;-)
Posted by: Coturnix | March 28, 2008 10:29 PM
An hour as of 8pm. So that would be 8pm to 9pm, right? :)
Posted by: Ricardo | March 28, 2008 10:31 PM
OH, ok, we'll do it until 9. I just so much did not want to be inconvenienced in any way...
Yes, 8 to 9 local time, wherever you happen to be.
Posted by: Greg Laden | March 28, 2008 11:18 PM
Perhaps an irrelevant aside but I can't help wondering what all our 'light pollution' does to the Circadian Rhythms of everything from birds and bats to trees and gnats!
Posted by: Tim | March 29, 2008 1:47 PM
Um, we did it here (Israel) about two days ago. It went well.
Posted by: HadasS | March 29, 2008 2:21 PM
We had a great earth hour. Read aloud a short story by Theodore Sturgeon by candle light.
Posted by: yiela | March 31, 2008 12:09 AM