Earth Hour This Saturday

Lakewood will participate in Earth Hour on Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Earth Hour is a global event that encourages individuals and businesses to show their support for reducing global warming by turning out lights and unplugging unneeded appliances for an hour. Lakewood residents and businesses are encouraged to turn off their lights from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM.

In 2009, more than 300 cities across the globe joined the Earth Hour movement and Lakewood was the first city in Ohio to sign up. This year, Ohio is an official Earth Hour state and will turn off the lights at the governor’s residence.

Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 the message had grown into a global sustainability movement, with 50 million people switching off their lights. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness.

For more information about Earth Hour, visit http://www.earthhour.org/.