"EarthHour" news and stories

Did you hear about Earth Hour, which happened last week? Everyone was supposed to turn out all their lights for one hour on March 29 in an effort to bring attention to global warming, and reduce their energy consumption a little. This is your chance to do a cooking version of Earth Hour, and join a blog event that can be fun and good for the planet.

Really, it doesn't even have to be about Earth Hour. This could be really fun. The blog event is called "Lights Out, Knives Out". The premise is that you turn off all non essential appliances, equipment, and lights to cook a meal, and to do this at least once a month. You can still cook with the oven/stove, of course, and anything you think is necessary.

The point is to prepare the meal using as little energy as necessary, then to share your experience with everyone else. You can get all the details here. It sounds like a lot of fun: cooking by candlelight and preparing food by hand.
It would be an adventure for those of us who are dependent on the food processor!

[Via Is My Blog Burning]

Earth Hour started as a single-city movement in Sydney, Australia in 2007 and one year later has become an event in which cities and countries all across the world are participating in 2008. In Toronto, Canada, residents and businesses are getting into the act in a big way. The Fairmount Royal York Hotel is planning on turning off it's landmark sign, as well as extinguishing as many of their 34,000 lights as is safely possible.

The hotel's bar has also gotten in on the action, with a menu of green drinks created expressly for the occasion. You can order a Turn Your Lights Down Low, which is a blend of gin, triple sec, rum, vodka, fresh lemon juice, a splash of simple syrup and a drizzle of black Sambuca. The Green Movement, which consists of vanilla vodka, Tequila Rose liqueur, cognac, Frangelico and a splash of cream. It gets shaken and strained into a martini glass rimmed with green-coloured simple syrup (hmm, just because a drink is green, doesn't necessarily make it Green). If you want to make an Earth Hour cocktail at home, check out the recipe for The Global Warming after the jump.

[via Planet Green]

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