This is the Chicago skyline participating in Earth Hour last night. It still looks pretty bright to me, but it is darker than normal.Our family was very excited to participate in Earth Hour, going all out and shutting off the breakers in the basement to lose all electricity for the event. We had our camping lantern, some candles, some led puck lights and flashlights. But we didn't use them all. Roomba cleaned the dining room and kitchen on his battery, but got confused when he had no place to dock at the end of his cycle.
Three of us played Yahtzee and the other two played Uncle Wiggly. I was only able to participate in the Yahtzee game because my friend Lori taught me how to play on Friday. What a great game it is. We had a really peaceful time, talked about conservation a bit and glanced out the windows, disappointed that more of our neighbors weren't participating. Actually, it didn't look like any of our neighbors participated. We'll have to pass out fliers next year. Maybe hold a lights out party here or something.
Earth Hour helped us to reconnect. The kids asked why we couldn't do it more often. Maybe we will. The Tribune article this morning said that ComEd registered a 5% reduction in energy consumption in that one hour. That's pretty impressive.
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Yeah, I was hoping to go for a walk and see some starts but it didn't look like it made the news here. Still, it was fun. I wouldn't mind doing this more frequently.
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