Peeps!


Esther Zhen

Cuddling up with your loved ones and admiring the stars in the night sky or organising a treasure hunt in the dark . . . these are just a few ideas for Earth Hour tomorrow night, March 28.
At 8.30pm, Redland residents will join people from all corners of the world to turn off their lights for one hour - Earth Hour - and cast their support for action on climate change.
Earth Hour is about taking simple steps every day that collectively reduce carbon emissions - from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.

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Saturday would be a great time to be an astronaut with a window seat in a rocket ship circling the earth.
That way you’d be able to watch as the lights go out in more than 2,000 cities around the world during Earth Hour, a coordinated event that aims to draw attention to climate change and global warming.
Lights are scheduled to go out at hundreds of popular tourist landmarks and buildings worldwide, including New York, London, Paris, Dubai, Hong Kong, Moscow and Nairobi.

The list of participating cities, landmarks and businesses is long — and getting longer — as Earth Hour approaches.
In Paris, known historically as the City of Light, the Eiffel Tower and the Cathedral of Notre Dame will go dark.
In New York City, the lights will dim at Broadway theaters, Rockefeller Center, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building and the United Nations Headquarters.
Lights will go off at the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Acropolis in Athens, Niagara Falls, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Chicago’s Sears Tower. In Boston, the signature CITGO sign in Kenmore Square is scheduled to be switched off, as are the lights at the Prudential Center and the John Hancock Tower. In Nashville they’ll be turning off lights at the giant Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center and at the Jack Daniel’s Distillery.
Los Angeles structures participating in the event include the Capitol Records Tower, the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel, the Getty Museum and the Griffith Park Observatory.

In London, City Hall and the London Eye will blink off, as will the lights at many of the city’s hotels. For example, London’s 12 upscale Radisson Edwardian Hotels, which sit on some of the city’s busiest streets, will turn off public lights and encourage guests to turn off the lights in their rooms.
Some Fairmont Hotels are marking Earth Hour with special programming. Toronto’s signature Fairmont Royal York will illuminate its indoor pool area with more than 100 floating candles and the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise will light up its famed lakeshore with ice luminaries and invite guests to gather around a fire for an old-fashioned storytelling session under the stars.

Several airports also plan to participate in the eco-friendly event. But don’t be alarmed — there is no plan to put anyone in harm’s way by turning off important runway or tower lights.
Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, which participated in the event last year, will turn off many of the indoor and outdoor signs, some lights in the terminals and many of the moving walkways.
At Los Angeles International Airport, the focus will be on the iconic 100-foot tall colorful light pylons that illuminate the airport entrance and serve as a backdrop for many film and TV scenes. The pylons will be lit solid green for 60 minutes before Earth Hour and then be turned off completely for the event.