Got plans for Saturday night? Maybe you and your honey should turn off the lights at 8 pm local time, light up the candles, and share some alone time.
Perhaps you'd rather have a fun-filled firepit feast with friends, or a "Pioneer Night" with the kids complete with lanterns and storytelling. What about schools or churches holding candlelit choir practices or shadow puppet contests?
No matter what you choose, try to shut off the lights for one hour and participate in Earth Hour. You'll be joining folks around the world who understand that even the smallest of actions can make a big difference, especially when we all join in together. Businesses, individuals, neighborhoods, even entire cities - it's amazing the amount of energy we can save if we simply shut down for one hour.
Sixty minutes.
Grab the Uno cards and pretend you've lost power for the night. Grab your loved ones and enjoy some non-screen, non-lamp time. Who knows? Maybe there'll be a bumper crop of Earth Hour babies arriving nine months from tomorrow. 
Want to know more? Here's the skinny, from the Earth Hour website:
On March 29, 2008 at 8 p.m., join millions of people around the world in making a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, an event created by the World Wildlife Fund.
Earth Hour was created by WWF in Sydney, Australia in 2007, and in one year has grown from an event in one city to a global movement. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe will turn out for Earth Hour. More than 100 cities across North America will participate, including the US flagships–Atlanta, Chicago, Phoenix and San Francisco and Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
We invite everyone throughout North America and around the world to turn off the lights for an hour starting at 8 p.m. (your own local time)–whether at home or at work, with friends and family or solo, in a big city or a small town.
What will you do when the lights are off? We have lots of ideas.
Join people all around the world in showing that you care about our planet and want to play a part in helping to fight climate change. Don’t forget to sign up and let us know you want to join Earth Hour.
One hour, America. Earth Hour. Turn out for Earth Hour!
Sounds interesting, doesn't it? I think I'll see what my little guy thinks of going to bed by candlelight instead of using his nightlight - though I may have to cheat a little bit. But I'll turn everything else off and if I'm really lucky, he'll hit the hay right on time and Papa and I can have that candlelit dinner. Wish me luck!
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