Reading the Star Tribune newspaper this morning I came across an article titled "Lights out for Sydney as Earth Hour ticks into Australia" that I found rather interesting.
My initial reaction to this article was that I never even heard of "earth hour" before, and my second reaction was how much do I really do to help control the global warming problem?
This immediately brough to mind something I seen on the home page of AOL the other day about a large ice sheet the size of Manhattan breaking off into the ocean and how concerned scientists were about that.
I've always thought global warming was a huge issue. To be honest I think most of us, at least at times, are guilty of not worrying about it because theres a good chance that it wont effect us majorily in our lifetimes.
I personally believe theres a general attitude amongst many that we should just let the next generations worry about global warming instead of taking all possible prevantative measures today.
Looking into "earth hour" a bit more I found that Minneapolis will be participating in it from 8-9pm tonight, saturday the 29th.
According to an additional article in the Star Tribune today, all lights in the city of Minneapolis municipal buildings will be turned off for one hour except for those that are felt to be necessary for public safety.
I think this is a great move by the city. I think it also shows just how easy it is to help prevent this problem. I think all of us can easily cut out things on a daily basis that would have a huge impact in preventing global warming.
After reading about "earth hour" i plan on participating in it from 8-9pm tonight as well as doing more in the future to help fight global warming.
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