Green Options

But as the hour-long public display of unity cascaded through the timezones, not everyone was buying-in and Fox News was determined to give facetime to anyone who wasn’t.

The Competitive Enterprise Institute has announced their own plans for March 28th from 8:30 to 9:30 pm: instead of shutting of lights with millions of people across the globe for Earth Hour, they’ll be celebrating Human Achievement Hour.

CEI is a libertarian organization that advocates for human innovation. Interestingly, green innovation doesn’t ever seem to impress them, but they did recently throw a “Celebrate Coal!” rally. Anyway, the group seems to have struck a new low with their recently announced opposition to Earth Hour.

What can you do when the lights go out?

I can think of quite a few things but since we’re staying PG here and catering to the kids let’s talk about what we can do in the dark that will inspire interest, creativity and sustainability in our children.

This year Earth Hour is on March 28th. The World Wildlife Federation wants everyone to enjoy the dark and make a statement for an hour. I’ve already signed up to turn out my lights for the second year. I first heard of Earth Hour last year and readily hopped on board.