It’s time to turn off the lights, Richmond.
On Saturday, March 27, cities from around the world will turn off their lights for Earth Hour, a campaign to raise environmental awareness.
Earth Hour takes place on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. local time. For one hour, cities will turn off their lights in support of finding solutions to climate change and helping the environment.
This will be the third year of the event, which attracted more than 80 million participants in the U.S. last year, and nearly a billion people around the world.
U.S. landmarks such as Mount Rushmore, St. Louis’ Gateway Arch, the Las Vegas strip and the Empire State Building, and world attractions like the Eiffel Tower, Sydney’s Opera House and Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are just some of the hundreds of sites that will turn off non-essential lighting for the hour.
Here are some lights that Richmond could turn off to participate in this year’s Earth Hour. Thanks to a bunch of Twitter folks for the additional suggestions.
- Club Velvet’s completely pointless spotlight. We know where the strippers are.
- The new MeadWestvaco building. It doesn’t need to be seen from space.
- The spinning marquee outside Movieland with the numerous blinking lights (the one facing Boulevard). People will still know where Movieland is.
- The Christmas lights my idiot neighbors still have on their house.
- The Sauer’s billboard on Broad St. I think it’s nice too, but I’d be okay with the chef not pouring vanilla extract for an hour.
- The lights in Richbrau. They have been on every day. I know for a fact they aren't open. Or are they reopening...?
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