Earth Hour

On Saturday March 29th at 8 p.m. local time, people around the world are being asked to turn their lights off for one hour. This is in aid of Earth Hour, which aims to create awareness about climate change.
It was started last year by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Sydney, Australia and was a resounding success, with 2.2 million people and businesses participating. This year it is going global, with 17 cities signed up so far, including Toronto, Chicago, Manila, Tel Avis, Copenhagen, Melbourne and Christchurch, New Zealand.

Download pdf document on how to make it happen in your town. Or our town.

It's a good time for all of us to think of how much we have and how much we waste. Did you know, for example, that you are still drawing power if you leave your cellphone charger plugged in after charging your phone? The same is for other electronic devices that we think that we've turned off. Participating in Earth Hour is a simple way to show that you want to be part of the solution. We don't have to live in Toronto to care about the environment and want to show our politicians that we want change and are willing to change ourselves.

For more information and links:

The Toronto Star - An interesting video called Airsick by Toronto Star Photographer Lucas Oleniuk
Green Blog - by Toronto Star Columnists
WWF Canada - and info on Earth Hour and other issues
Official Earth Hour site
The Sydney Morning Herald - because, well they started it.

De stressing in this stressful World

Working for yourself is great, but you soon find out that it doesn't mean long lunches and TV in the afternoon. In fact, it often means working longer hours than when you worked for a boss. You have to sometimes turn off the computer and say "I can finish this tomorrow".
I was reminded of a neat little machine that I've had for a few years and was using quite a bit but forgot about. It is a device that looks like a tape recorder but has soothing sounds and a fellow with a lovely voice that allows you to have a short power nap in the middle of the day. You can set it for anywhere from five minutes up to sixty, but fifteen is a nice happy medium. The is a lot of research that this helps you perform better, having this little break in the middle of the day. At the end of the time, an alarm wakes you up if you have drifted off (and that's okay too!) There are free downloads so you can try it out!
Check out the Pzizz, and you can read more about it.

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