What are you doing an hour from now?

By Irena Djuric

Tonight we want to remind you of the luxury of darkness, of the things you might discover once the lights flicker off. As the clock ticks towards 8:30 for Earth Hour, we’ll unplug gadgets and hush the lights, and create rolling blankets of blackness across the planet’s skies. We do this in solidarity – one billion strong – as a vote against irresponsible energy use, against global warming, and for the planet Earth.

But we also do it because we miss the way the stars look on the darkest nights, and the way that candles flicker to warm up a house – or the way that voices hush to match the quiet evening that settles in when you simply let things get dark.