{"id":1827,"date":"2008-03-19T07:28:59","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T07:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2008\/03\/19\/give-one-hour-to-the-earth\/"},"modified":"2008-03-19T07:28:59","modified_gmt":"2008-03-19T07:28:59","slug":"give-one-hour-to-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/19\/give-one-hour-to-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Give one hour to the Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During Earth Hour, you switch off the lights and other non-essential electronic devices.  At 8:00 PM March 29th.  You&#8217;ll save electricity, but more importantly, you&#8217;ll be making a point.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming.This simple act has captured the hearts and minds of people all over the world. As a result, at 8pm March 29, 2008 millions of people in some of the world&#8217;s major capital cities, including Copenhagen, Toronto, Chicago, Melbourne, Brisbane and Tel Aviv will unite and switch off for Earth Hour<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><object width=\"465\" height=\"323\" ><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.earthhour.org\/flash\/earth_hour.swf\" \/><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#011c2d\" \/><PARAM NAME=\"FlashVars\" VALUE=\"path=http:\/\/www.earthhour.org\/flash\/earth_hour_flv.flv&#038;playerSkin=http:\/\/www.earthhour.org\/flash\/EHAll.swf&#038;img=http:\/\/www.earthhour.org\/flash\/earth_hour_flv.jpg\"><\/object><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthhour.org\/\">Here&#8217;s the web site.  <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Earth Hour, you switch off the lights and other non-essential electronic devices. At 8:00 PM March 29th. You&#8217;ll save electricity, but more importantly, you&#8217;ll be making a point. Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/19\/give-one-hour-to-the-earth\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Give one hour to the Earth<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[161,148,124,97],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-tt","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}