This Saturday, March 28th, millions of people arou
nd the world will turn out their lights for one hour to draw awareness to global warming. Now, I’m not going to get political, environmental or any other “al” about the whole thing (to each his own, I always say), but it does seem like a rather simple, and dare I say, pleasant thing to do. Just turn things OFF – the lights, the tv, the radio, computer, etc., etc., etc. - and have a little quiet time with those vaguely familiar humans who inhabit our houses (our families).
As purveyors of hundreds of non-electric products and the publisher (for over a quarter century) of the Non-Electric Catalog, one hour without power sounds pretty easy, and even somewhat amusing to us. After all, many of our loyal customers live this way the majority of the time…
There are myriad activities one could enjoy with the lights (and other appliances) off, but here are a few suggestions that spring to mind.
Light an oil lamp and open a good book
Light a candle and pray, meditate or just think
Sit in the dark and tell stories, reminisce or have a family planning or brainstorming session
And, if none of those are appealing, why not go to bed early and get some (probably much-needed) extra shuteye?
Are any of you planning to participate this Saturday? If so, please comment and let us know what you did and how it went. We await your responses!
For more information, visit www.earthhour.org.
