I ordered a replacement keyboard for work, because I put coffee in my old one and it stopped doing its job. Made it hard for me to do mine. So I ordered from Apple (“Apple recognizes its responsibility as a global citizen”) a brand new keyboard. So today when I got back from lunch, I received this box:
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In case you didn’t know what you should be doing this week, you should be participating in Charlottesville’s own Earth Week. Sponsored and promoted by a local group known as Earth Week Online, the event, scheduled around the 3rd week in April (i.e. now), is about creating awareness around being green on a local level. The events during the following week are meant to build awareness for an internationally recognized, Earth Day on April 22nd.
Started in 1970, Earth Day has grown substantially. Today, through the Earth Day Network, over 15,000 organizations in over 174 countries participate in growing the environmental movement and promoting a vision for a sustainable and healthy planet.
Earth Day’s formal mission is to:
broaden the environmental movement worldwide and to educate and mobilize people, governments, and corporations to take responsibility for a clean and healthy environment
So, we challenge you, cVillains, to do something for Earth Day and tell us what you are doing so we can all get involved. How are you going to mobilize your workplace, your friends and Charlottesville to make the world we live in a better place?
More Resources:
For an interview with the leaders of Charlottesville’s Earth Week, go to Charlottesville Podcasting!
A list of events from Charlottesville’s Earth Week group is after the break:
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You’ve heard of Earth Day, now there’s “Earth Hour“… This just in from “Plenty” magazine:
Q: I’ve been hearing about a lights-out thing happening tomorrow, called Earth Hour. It seems like a vague concept—what is it, exactly, and will it really accomplish anything? - Mandy, DE
A: Earth Hour is a global, voluntary, lights-out event taking place March 29 from 8-9pm. The idea is to take some time to think about how we use energy, and, of course, to actually save energy. Earth Hour kicked off last year in Sydney, Australia, and the 2.2 million people who turned their lights off saved as much energy as if 48,000 cars had been taken off the roads for an hour. Now raise that number to the Nth degree, because this year, Earth Hour is a global event. Roughly 30 million people in cities large and small, from Dublin to Copenhagen to Tel Aviv to Toronto have said they’ll flick the switch for mama Earth. Earth Hour has even got its own burning cocktail. Check the official site for more details.
Okay, you say—if it’s happening in cities all over the world this year, what about differing time zones? Don’t worry about them. Just turn the lights off from 8-9pm, your local time. And as for how to spend an entire hour of darkness, why not invite friends over for a candle-lit party, read by candlelight, camp out in your backyard, or just relax and have some time entirely to yourself?
For a bit of Earth Hour history, an interview with supporter Cate Blanchette, and adorable words of wisdom from children, check out the Earth Hour video.
Oh, BTW, I am Morgan… Morgan, I am. Just another lurker who has been enjoying cVillain from the sidelines, and thought it was time to chime in. Howdy.
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