The Tower will go dark Saturday at 8:30 p.m. to show the University’s support for Earth Hour 2013, a global event demonstrating commitment to energy conservation.
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Earth Hour is attracting big cities, companies, and small organizations alike. Dozens of other global brands will make at least some effort to switch off lights.The message is even being spread via social media, receiving where #EarthHour gets tweeted a few times a minute, leading up to the event. However do these companies actually care about energy efficiency at all? Or do they only advertise how they are ecological and gain more money about this event?
If people really cared they would do this year-round in their homes. My roommates and I do and we even rarely us climate control in the house which has shown a substantial savings on our energy bills all year.