Minneapolis, MN March, 29, 2008
Tonight at 8 P.M. Minneapolis is going to have a Blackout to prove how Green it is.
Its not an full blackout, they're just turning off the lights for one hour to remind us what life was like 100 years ago before electricity. It will also shows us what life will be like in the future when all we have is the wind and sun to provide electricity.
Its called "Earth Hour" and is a concept made up by the World Wildlife Federation as a global initiative "to finding solutions for climate change." It started in Sydney and is working its way around the globe. It is largely a symbolic gesture, it won't really have an impact on anything, but it does give us a glimpse into what the "Green" movement is all about, going back to the stone age.
It was the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) not the World Wildlife Federation (a completely different group). The WWF together with its sister organization - the IUCN - has an interesting involvement with the Global Warming movement. See www.appinsys.com/GlobalWarming/GW_History.htm