{"id":220,"date":"2009-03-11T15:42:50","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T15:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/03\/earth-hour-2009-turn-off-the-lights.html"},"modified":"2009-03-11T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T15:42:50","slug":"earth-hour-2009-turn-off-the-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/03\/earth-hour-2009-turn-off-the-lights.html","title":{"rendered":"Earth Hour 2009: Turn Off the Lights 3\/28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What difference can one person make? Ask the organizers of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthhour.org\/\">&#8220;Earth Hour,&#8221; <\/a>who saw their idea to fight climate change by turning off electrical power for 60 minutes spread in two years from a local project in Sydney, Australia to a global phenomenon.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Here in Boston, the Citgo sign, Prudential Center, Zakim Bridge, and other landmarks will &#8220;go dark&#8221; from 8:30-9:30 pm on March 28.&nbsp; Will your city participate (some of the other participating cities: Washington, D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, and Dallas)?&nbsp; Will you?<\/p>\n<p>The video below should power up your inspiration to participate, so to speak.&nbsp; I particularly love the song they feature: &#8220;One Crowded Hour.&#8221;&nbsp; Indeed.&nbsp; Wow.<\/p>\n<p> <object height=\"315\" width=\"500\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1CRs-7lRlPo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1CRs-7lRlPo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x006699&amp;color2=0x54abd6&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"315\" width=\"500\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What difference can one person make? 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