Earth Hour

My family enjoyed participating in Earth Hour tonight. We turned off all the power items except the fridge & freezer, ate by candlelight, and enjoyed telling stories and doing shadow puppets on the wall. The boys sang and danced for us. When we finally blew out the candles, we sat and enjoyed the dark, talking about what things we still could see and how much more acute our other senses were when we were not distracted by looking at everything. It felt good to do our part to make a difference in our carbon footprint. We are going to try to make it a family tradition to turn off everything for at least an hour every week. It won't solve the whole problem, but each step that we take makes a difference. We already replaced all our light bulbs with the compact florescent ones several years ago; we only have a few traditional ones in the house, like in the fridge, the oven and in one lamp that has a dimmer switch, since those can't be used with florescent bulbs. We all need to become more diligent at turning off items when we leave the room, though. It's a journey of a million miles, but we are making our steps in the right direction!