The City of Ithaca had not yet signed up as an official participant as of a meeting this afternoon, but the Mayor had already planned to ask all city facilities to minimize all possible use of electricity this weekend and especially Saturday evening, as they did last year. I told Carolyn that she could sign up "officially," so she may do so soon.
Individual families can sign up via the Sciencenter's web site or on their own at the Earth Hour site: http://www.earthhour.org/home/ Something else you can post is that I was given a "Kill A Watt" meter at the Sciencenter Earth Hour training which people can borrow from me AFTER Earth Hour. It's easy to use to test how much electricity is used by particular appliances, lamps, etc. So far I have found many of my "voltage vampires" (always on unless unplugged or switched off at the plug) don't use much, as in "too low to measure." My TV, however uses A LOT when it's all the way on (and varies with volume). Next up: chargers that are plugged in but not charging anything (but getting hot because the transformer is still changing AC to DC). Thanks for promoting Earth Hour AND biking! Margaret McCasland 272-2544 On Mar 23, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Andrejs Ozolins wrote: > I thought I remembered some other events planned for Earth Hour this > Saturday, but can't find references. > > What I have is > Sciencenter's "Earth Hour Experiment" > BikeIthaca's "Earth Hour Night Ride" http://bikeithaca.org/ -- do come > and join in! > > I'd like to hear about anything else to include in announcements. > > Andrejs > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County > area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > Questions about the list? ask [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
