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Earth Hour 2009 Results!

carla published on April 4, 2009 in technology and zeitgeist. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

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Exactly one week ago, Earth Hour was celebrated all over the world. It began as a simple concept and grew to have extraordinary results. First off, here are some stats off of the official Earth Hour site…

•3929 cities, towns and municipalities in 88 countries across 25 time zones participated
•70 national capital city’s participated
•Some 996 global landmarks from mountains to historic buildings and modern architectural landmarks had officially registered to participate in the event. They include: the Pyramids and the Sphinx (Egypt), Eiffel Tower (France), Vatican (Italy), Acropolis (Greece), Big Ben (UK), the Las Vegas Strip and Empire State Building (USA), Christ the Redeemer (Brazil), Bird’s Nest (China) and the Petronas Twin Towers (Malaysia).

That’s great news! To give us more of a visual idea of the effect Earth Hour had on these landmarks, Boston.com’s “The Big Picture” posted some amazing interactive photographs. Starting with the second image on their site, you can click on the picture to see the “on/off” effect Earth Hour had. The results are fabulous! I mean, take a look at the before and after pictures for Vegas!

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Personally, I felt that one hour without electricity would be a cake walk so I decided to do five instead and had a lot of fun with it. In fact, I had so much fun I’m hoping Earth Hour becomes more of a routine process. I mean, how awesome would that be if people became so accustomed to Earth Hour, that they naturally stopped using electricity certain times throughout the day?!

Click here to visit the Big Picture and their Earth Hour results section! You’ll have a wicked good time, that’s a promise.

Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Carla

SuperForest goes to CES!

jordan published on January 13, 2009 in technology and zeitgeist. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , .

The words Las Vegas hold a powerful association for most people. The mere mention of the eponymous Nevada town tends to ignite images of the illicit in most of us. If New York is the city that never sleeps then Vegas is the town time forgot. Hopes run high 24-7 under the neon lights and dreams slide from the fingers of millions of migrants every day and every night, across every table-top in town.

Love it, or hate it… Sin City can be a polarizing place. But if there’s one thing most people would be united on it’s this… when you think of Las Vegas, sustainability is probably last thing that comes to mind.

Which is exactly what SuperForest went in search of — throwing ourselves into our country’s capital of consumption culture, into the heart of one of the world’s largest conventions: The Consumer Electronics Show. CES for short.

Over the course of 72 intensive hours we scoured thousands upon thousands of exhibitor booths, miles upon miles of showroom floor, in search of the greenest gadgets, the coolest innovations for 2009.

We uncovered so much awesomeness, it’s impossible to post all at once. Instead we’ll be breaking it into categories stretched out over the course of this week. So if you’re interested in best and future tech, green gadgets, and amazing innovations… stay tuned for SuperForest’s top picks from CES.