Dark Was the Night

Tonight we participated in Earth Hour.

Starting at 8 p.m., we turned off all the lights and electronics in the house, lit candles, and hung out. Scott played guitar and sang a lot of his old songs that he doesn't play that often. Brendan went to bed with a battery-powered lantern that he had gotten for Christmas from an aunt and only came downstairs once after going to bed. He was very willing to go along with the flow and didn't complain or question what we were doing.

It was cool.

It was definitely a motivator to think about all the ways we can conserve energy and I was thinking it would be cool to do this at least once a week.

I only glanced out once or twice and couldn't really tell how many houses on our street were participating. I think at least one or two were. Hopefully more.

If nothing else it was a good opportunity to teach Brendan about being a good citizen of the Earth.