By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
The darkness looms. Earth Hour is just a day away, so get ready to observe the biggest one yet, along with more than 2,600 cities across the globe in more than 80 countries.
Hold your own black out at 8:30 p.m. (in your time zone) on Saturday at home or in your ‘hood and you’ll be simpatico with people in Egypt where they’re turning out the lights on the Sphinx, Paris where the Eiffel Tower will go dark and NYC where Broadway marquees will blink out at the appropriate time. (Not to mention the Las Vegas strip, the Sears Tower in Chicago, the St. Louis Arch, the Golden Gate Bridge, those giant Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. You get the picture.)
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Closing in on Earth Hour 2009
From Green Right Now Reports
With Earth Hour just days away, the final details are falling into place for the global event that focuses attention on the call for action on climate change. The Earth Hour organization says the Acropolis in Athens and the Sphinx and Great Pyramids of Giza are the latest world landmarks that will join in going dark.
Here are some of the event highlights this far:
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Chicago company makes organic chocolate
By Hosea Sanders and Sylvia Jones
WLS – Chicago
CHICAGO, Ill. — The next time you feel the urge to indulge in a chocolate treat, you can ease any guilt by telling yourself — your purchase is helping to save the planet.
It’s luxe chocolate that’s made right here in Chicago and it’s produced by a company that carries a green mission from its administration to its manufacturing.
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