Did you participated in earth hour?

earth hour - It should have been followed, but I didn't. 
The earth hour.
India
March 29, 2009 7:02pm CST
Hi everyone. I didn't participated in it as I forgot about it. Actually I did make a note on my desk about it a few days earlier but as on the 28, I was at my cousins place I forgot about it and went on with my usual lighting the whole day. I am feeling very much guilty about it. Did you switched of your lights in the earth hour?
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@4mymak (1793)
• Malaysia
30 Mar 09
i did.. i did... i've told my hubby and the children from a week ago about it.. had to 'pre-warn' them because it is during this time their favourite show is playing on tv.. but the good thing was.. the tv station showing the show also participated in earth-hour so the show was delayed to after the whole earth-hour ended, and the children didnt miss a thing..
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• India
31 Mar 09
That was great on part of the tv station as well along with your good deed. Thanks for your response.
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• United States
30 Mar 09
I wasn't feeling well last night and actually went to bed right after dinner, so yes, my lights, computer, TV and most other things were turned off last night. But, I did forget and actually got up after 9 to watch a little TV, but not until it was almost 9:30.
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• India
31 Mar 09
So somehow you managed to participate in it. Nice and how are you feeling now
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@myahw20 (1115)
• Canada
30 Mar 09
Yup. We turned of our lights for an hour. I checked my neighbors and not one of them did so hehe. Except for the ones who were not home that day.
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• India
31 Mar 09
Hi. It is nice that you did that but to compare it with what your neighbors did wasn't the idea behind it.
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@angel2009 (210)
• India
30 Mar 09
Yes I did and I also made my friends listen to this...I don't know how many of them listened, but my task was to request them which I dis...
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• India
30 Mar 09
sounds very gud.me too did it and felt very gud doing that.all my friends also did the same.we are the engineering students and if we wont do these things den what will happen to our earth????
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@Jennlk84 (4206)
• United States
30 Mar 09
My family participated in Earth Hour. Originally I didn't think I'd be home at that time, but we were, and I'm glad we were able to participate. I think it was a pretty cool idea! It gave my family the opportunity to bond and spend some quality time together. I think we should do this monthly! Not only would it help save the earth, but it would also help families have more bonding time!
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• India
31 Mar 09
Hi. I too support frequent repetitions of this kind of things. Thanks for your response.
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@amynan (11)
• China
31 Mar 09
Actually I have not participated in it for a long time. I will graduate from college soon . We have no homework and no examination in this semester so we have more time to have fun. I attend activites for entertainment at night and on the contrary get asleep in the daylight.
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• China
31 Mar 09
haha~~~I am sorry to tell you that you might misunderstand the meaning the 'earth hour'. Actually, its mean is 'switch off your lights for one hour at night to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change'.
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@amynan (11)
• China
31 Mar 09
I know I made a huge mistake after I post my commments . As a matter of fact , I did not notice what the earth time means until I surfed websites several days before. The initial purpose of this activity is to call pepole to save the power and protect our earth. Next time I will attend positively and devote my time to the activity.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
30 Mar 09
Nope sorry to say I didn't I wish I knew though because I would have participated in the event. I will have to put it on my computer calender as a reminder..for nest year. Thanks.
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• India
31 Mar 09
That will good. Thanks for your response.
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• Canada
30 Mar 09
If we don't have the lights on at night in here, it's pitch black, since we live in the basement with undergroound windows. However, with the sun shining in through the tops of the windows, we don't usually need to have a lot of light in here during the daytime. We usually have the lights off for about an hour a day, so if we didn't participate at the exact moment, we did participate somewhat.
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• India
31 Mar 09
I agree with you that the main aim was energy conservation for an hour and not the exact time. Thanks for your response.
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@littleowl (7157)
30 Mar 09
Hi cool..I forgot about it as I was going to my mum's, so didn't take part in the earth hour, yet my son was taking me so the light's were off but am not sure how long for...littleowl
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• India
31 Mar 09
hi. Thanks for your response.
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30 Mar 09
Hi coolmailraj, Yes I did and I lit a candle and meditated and it was so relaxing, I think I will do that once a week, it just gives that little peaceful monent, and its just for an hour, try it. Tamara
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• India
31 Mar 09
Hi. Yes you are right. I'll try to be frequent with it.
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@sanuanu (11235)
• India
30 Mar 09
This is the fifth time I am saying sorry to you guys because I couldn't participate in Earth hour. One I didn't know bout it and second, I did get an email regarding this on 29th March'09. How strange, that email was asking me to put light off on 28th march09 Anyway, I did compensate for that and turned the light off from 2030 to 2130 on 29th march though!
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@online_jon (1476)
• Philippines
30 Mar 09
Hi coolmailraj, good day to you my co-mylotter. Well me in our home, we participatdd in earth hour. We switch off the electricity for just one hour and i think we really save enough money. Not only that, one good thing is we help to save earth from being consumed of energy. Here in our street there so many people who participated in that earth hour and our official in the street are very proud of us. I think atleast once a month there must be an earth hour. If this program will continue for several month, we will really save a lot of energy. . . Well i guess because of that we will still participate in earth hour because of that good effect of it here in our planet earth. . . I hope in the feature people will invent a technology which no need of electrical energy so there is no need for us to consume electricity. Well that's all my response to your forum topic discussion entitled "did you participated in earth hour?". I hope my response is good enough. Happy posting and happy earning! ! ! Good luck to our earning career here in mylot. . .
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@agmamayo (804)
• Philippines
30 Mar 09
Yeah I did, its a good way of showing how important it is to conserve energy, even just for a mere 1 hour. I hope that we don't forget to conserve energy these days because gradually all earth's resources are depleting quickly. Because of man, this once abundant resources are quickly wasted fast due to misuse and exploitation. Atleast for an hour we can show our support to promote energy conservation, and not only during earth day that we show support but everyday, like simple things like turning off the lights during the day, conserving water, proper waste disposal and cleanliness in the surroundings are simple but helpful wys of trying to conserve and maintain a good environment. Refraining from the use of freons and CFc's can help protect the environment from pollutants that destroys the ozone layer. Well if you forgot to join earth hour, don't feel guilty about it, because you can show support in protecting mother earth by practicing conservation of energy everyday and you can start that at your homes.
• India
31 Mar 09
Hi. very well said dear, we should all practice those little things that can help us go towards sustainable development.
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• China
30 Mar 09
No.we forgot to do this.Let me recall that day,we were having supper at 8:30pm that day.Even if we remember it,we can not black out because without light,we can not eat.:) But I want to know what happened in earth hour.What did you do in the hour? Is it interesting? Happy mylot.:)
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
30 Mar 09
yes I did and I was so touched that countries all over the world did too, the effel tower in france went dark, the coleseum in rome, the great pyramids in giza, the star on top of mount royal here in montreal, the san fransciso bridge, the opera house in austrailia just amazing how the world can co-ooperate when it wants to.
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• India
31 Mar 09
Yes indeed, those sparks of oneness and cooperation are best on display on occasions like these. Thanks for your response.
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@SHAMRACK (8576)
• India
4 Apr 09
Dear friend, Me too I did not participate as the current at that time was already off by the electricity or may some other problems. Anyhow few of residence people had automatically participated in earth hour.
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@lilcee (2703)
• United States
30 Mar 09
No, we didn't participate. We were babysitting my Grandbaby and I didn't feel the need to turn off the lights. We didn't have that many on tho. I don't feel guilty about it. I didn't understand the meaning of it anyways.
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@lilcee (2703)
• United States
30 Mar 09
I wasn't trying to be rude. Sorry if you thought so. I really did not understand the meaning of it.
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• India
30 Mar 09
hey i think may be u have such circumstances but don't be so rude. i m a b.tech final yr student and after 2 days i have my university exams but then also i did participate in it and followed it...it basically relates the energy saving....
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• Chile
30 Mar 09
Yes I did, I was at work, I work in a ciber cafe, that place where people go to surf the web and do that kind of stuff. First I called home to tell everyone to respect the earth hour, and then I closed the cafe by an entire hour. It was really fun
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@GioBuffon (119)
• Canada
30 Mar 09
I didn't participate in earth hour as i forgot all about it. I heard about lots of cities and countries the following day that participated in this big event. We should do it more often for our planet.
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@Hanan_x3 (294)
• United States
30 Mar 09
yes I did for about 30 minutes. Family members started to complain. My mom actually told me to turn them back on (and ii cant disobey her). So, I had to turn them off after 30 minutes. But hey! At least I got half way there. This is actually the 1st Earth Hour i've heard about, Have they just made it national this year? Idk maybe i've been living in a cave or something...