If you notice the Green Lake Community Center (7201 E Green Lake Dr N) looking a little darker than usual this Saturday night, here’s why:
From the Office of the Mayor:
Mayor Mike McGinn announced today that all non-essential lighting at the Seattle Municipal Tower, City Hall, the Justice Center, Parks and Recreation Community Centers, Key Arena, the arches at the Pacific Science Center and the Space Needle will be turned off for Earth Hour, and encouraged residents to do the same.
In city facilities, all building lights will be turned off except for emergency lights, lighting for around-the-clock operations at Civic Campus buildings and all outdoor lighting where not required by code to remain on. Most office lighting will be off in the Municipal Tower, excluding floors with around-the-clock operations.
“Earth Hour is an opportunity to show our city’s commitment to fighting climate change,” said McGinn. “Reducing green house gas emissions cannot be accomplished by any one project. Whether it’s fighting against an expanded highway across Lake Washington, expanding light rail within Seattle or working to reduce energy consumption in the homes and businesses of our city’s residents, we need to embrace every opportunity to protect our planet for our children’s future.”
Earth Hour, which takes place Saturday, March 27 at 8:30 p.m. local time, is an event in which millions of people around the world will turn out their lights for one hour in support of action on climate change and toward creating a cleaner, safer and more secure future. 2010 marks 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, as lights dimmed on such global icons as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sydney’s Opera House, the Great Pyramids of Gaza and New York’s Empire State Building.
