Make everyday Earth Hour,Week & Day

It is great that we have specific days to celebrate our earth & can educate others as well as ourselves on living a more earth friendly life. We can carry over these days into our every day life.
Thankfully everyone seems to be going green including big corporations. Green is the new way of life. It is about time!
What can you do to live a greener life? There are so many ways. Below are some simple ways to going green!

*Re-use
*Recycle
*Green shopping bags
*Buying local food
*Eco friendly light bulbs
*Turning lights & all electronics off even unplugging them or using a energy saver electrical bar.

Visit these site for some good advice & tips for living a greener life!

www.greenlivingtips.com

www.DavidSuzuki.org

www.ecollo.com

www.thegreenguide.com

These are only a few websites but google has thousands! There is an abundance of information & that is very encouraging. It really seems like we are all starting to think & live Green.

Get our your telescopes! "The Universe, Yours to Discover".

Get out your telescopes! It's the year of Astronomy!

Check it out!

Here is some information from the official website

A Worldwide Astronomy Marathon
March 3, 2009
by Mike Simmons

If you have a telescope, mark April 2–5, 2009, on your calendar. The world is coming your way.
An unprecedented string of public skywatching events will be packed into this brief period, all designed to engage people and bring them out for a worldwide star party that will cap the program on Saturday evening, April 4th.

Paul Moss (www.astronomy.net.nz)Collectively, the period is called “100 Hours of Astronomy.” It’s a Cornerstone Project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, tailor-made for amateurs who’d like to try some outreach. During the final 24 hours a global star party will sweep around the world, with local gatherings beginning as darkness descends. Even city street corners will come alive, with the third annual International Sidewalk Astronomy Night happening the first weekend in April. Thus many sidewalk astronomy regulars will already be at their stations.
The Astronomy Marathon is described in the April, 2009, issue of Sky & Telescope. visit the website to download the information http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/40657397.html

Earth hour is only a week away!

We asked Taylor an 11 year old what she thought about Earth Hour & she told us that she is concerned that the world will not be able to live without lights on for even one hour because most people last year didn't get involved. Taylor hopes that more people will participate this year & enjoy an activity like star gazing or relaxing with some candles on. She is going to spend the evening with her family watching the stars & she hopes that everyone in her area has the lights off so she can see the stars without the light polution! We asked her to find some information on Earth hour & here is what she found:

March 28, 2009 at 8:30pm tens of millions of people in hundreds of cities around the world will come together once again to make a bold statement about their concern about climate change by doing something very simple--- turning off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour symbolizes that by working together, each of us can make a positive impact in the fight against climate change. Participating sends a message that we care about this issue and stands with the rest of the world in seeking to find solutions to the escalating climate crisis.

Lets all get real here & turn off our lights! Even if we don't think it makes a difference it is one of the easiest things to do. Really what's so bad about spending an hour without lights? There are hundreds of things a person can do in an hour without lights!

Hmm maybe we need a list of things?

Any ideas?

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These bags are well made & play the designer part in such an eco-chic way!