We Celebrated Earth Hour! (Also, Any Questions?)

Thank you to our Blog Buddies, who shared various ways they observed Earth Hour, including reading by candlelight and making shadow puppets! Please see their comments below, under the March 24 post.

Here's how some of our first-grade Green Team members spent the hour on Saturday night:

We turned our lights off, but my Mom was watching TV, so I watched with her. ~Bubba
I went to sleep, so I just had all the lights off. ~Dinosaur
I was somewhere else, so all the lights in our house were turned off! ~Dog
We turned most of the lights off, and I played Ghost in the Graveyard with my sister. ~Doodle Monkey
I turned off my bedroom lights. ~Mum
We only kept a light in the kitchen and in the laundry room on. ~Cars
We turned off two lights. ~Hammer

Several second-grade Green Team members participated as well:

We turned every light except the TV off. ~Bob the Builder
We forgot, until a friend called me, then I turned off the lights in my room, in the hallway, and the stairs. ~Horse Girl
We kept turning our X-Box off and on, and off and on! We had all the other lights off. ~Destroyer
I went to bed and turned most of the lights off, except the one I use as a night light. ~65KTM

Right now, we're reading books on saving water, recycling, saving energy and caring for our environment. We should have some good tips for our readers soon.

Meanwhile, do any of you have questions about any environmental topic that we can try to answer for you? We have a lot of books we can use for research! Thanks again for taking time to be our Blog Buddies!

See you Monday!

The much-needed snow shut down school ~ and our blog ~ on Thursday and Friday, but we'll be back on Monday, March 30! In the meantime, join us in turning your lights off tonight (Saturday) during Earth Hour from 8:30-9:30 p.m. local time (for more information, scroll down to our previous postings).

Saturday, 6:15 p.m.
This just in: AOL News has a great report on Earth Hour as it has been happening across the globe, with many cool photos! Go to http://search.aol.com/aol/newshome, and type in "Lights Out Worldwide Mark Earth Hour" (without the quote marks), then click on the article by the same name. (Sorry, I couldn't get the direct link to the article to work.) ~Mrs. Coalwell

More Ideas on Saving Energy

Thank you to our Blog Buddies who have already made comments, and are participating in Earth Hour on Saturday night (8:30 p.m. local time) to turn off your lights for 60 minutes.

Want even more ways to save energy? Here are some great ideas from our second-grade Green Team (using their online nicknames):

If you watch TV, turn it off when you're finished. ~Back Flipper
You can burn gasoline better by warming up your car. ~KTM65
When you are done mowing the grass with a lawnmower, turn it off right away. ~Flower
Turn off your flashlight to save batteries. ~Destroyer
If you talk and your car is on, you are burning gasoline, so turn your car off and you'll save gas and won't pollute the Earth. ~Giggly
You can turn off the shower when you are done. ~Bob the Builder

Do you do any of those energy-saving things? Do you have other suggestions? Please use our "Comments" link below and tell us about it!

Stay tuned, because this team is researching some even better ways to conserve!

Earth Hour

This Saturday night, March 28, at 8:30 p.m. local time, people around the world will be turning off their lights for one hour, in a global show of unity to save energy and combat global warming. From Denver to Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, the lights will go off in big office buildings, on lighted signs, in restaurants and in homes. If you'd like to learn more and join in, go to www.EarthHourUS.org/main.php. If you decide to turn off your lights on Saturday night, here are some ideas from our first-grade Green Team (using their online nicknames) on things to do during that hour:

You could ride the 4-wheeler (it has headlights). ~Dog
You could play with your dart gun (not the pointy kind, though). ~Mum
You could play with your dog with a flashlight. ~Bubba
You could play Texas Hold 'Em. ~Cow
You could play Ghost in the Graveyard (a tag game). ~Doodle Monkey
You could play Call and Hide (another tag game). ~Dinosaur

To our Blog Buddies: What ideas do you have for making the most of Earth Hour? How about roasting marshmallows around a campfire outside? Maybe an indoor book-reading time by candlelight? Let us know what you think by clicking on the "Comment" link!

Coming soon: Our second-grade Green Team will give you more ideas on saving energy!