TGIF: Thank God for Illustration Friday - Earth Hour 2008

This week’s TGIF: Thank God for Illustration Friday is in honor of Earth Hour and features illustrations of lamps and other implements of electricity. If you haven’t heard about it yet, Earth Hour is an annual international event started to promote conservation of electricity in an effort to lower world carbon emissions. Individual households and businesses are asked to turn off all lights and other non-essential electrical appliances for one hour on Saturday, March 29th at 8 pm local time. Last March, the first Earth Hour event took place in Sydney with 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses participating and with an estimated reduction of electricity consumption in Sydney by 2.1%. This year, the event is being promoted internationally and Sydney is partnering with many US cities like San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami and more.

I plan on participating and since it will definitely be dark here at that time, I already have my candles and oil lamps ready. I think Mr. Indie Fixx and I will open a bottle of wine, play a fun board game and appreciate the time spent away from in front of the computer. How about you? Do you plan on participating in Earth Hour?