Saturday night from 8 pm to 9 pm is Toronto's Earth Hour. Everyone in the city, and anyone else outside the city who wants to participate, is encouraged to turn off all the lights and electronics in their home (minus the necessary ones like fridges and furnaces and such) and enjoy an hour of very limited electricity use. I know I'm going to participate, I just don't know what I'm going to do.
I told my friend Irina she could come over and we could drink ourselves into a happy stupor by candlelight, but something tells me that's not so healthy. We can't watch TV because that's an electronic device. I wish this was happening in the summer because then I would take a blanket to the park and lay under the stars with some friends and a snack, or I would go down the street to my neighbour's house and roast marshmallows over their fire (which happens to be in the old body of a bbq). But it's cold, so I don't know what to do.
Any ideas?
-Laur
About Me
- Laura Rose
- I'm 24 years old and finally finished two undergraduate degrees at York University, one in Specialized English and the other in Intermediate/Senior Education. I enjoy long walks on the beach... Just kidding. My life is pretty ordinary, but it can be pretty entertaining to read about! I go on lots of adventures, on purpose AND unintentionally, but hey, variety is the spice of life. Or so they say...
This is me...
in all my glory
On a regular day, kids...
I'm just some punk from the T-Hill
2 comments:
When we had the big blackout a few years back, I was in Waterloo. I think the entire city was out on their front lawn, drinking beer and bbq'ing. Kind of makes you wonder what we'd be like without electricity :).
http://www.cbc.ca/video/features/comedy/
click on "Rick Mercer: Earth Hour"
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