We heard about Earth Hour and thought it was a great idea. It started in Australia and basically the idea is to turn off all electricity for an hour. If everybody did this, it would supposedly save enough electricity to light up the entire USA for a year - ok, I'm making this part up because I can't remember what the website said exactly but you get the idea.
I read somewhere else online that turning off the electricity for an hour is actually useless, but I disagree. Our family did it. We set up candles and all sat around the kitchen table. We did not stare at any screens, we focused on each other. We played cards. My 15 year old did origami by candlelight - in the presence of her 4 siblings and parents. If any of you have a 15 year old daughter, you know how priceless that was. So we say, "Hoorah!" for Earth Hour. We're thinking about doing it once a week. That's a lot of origami.
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