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''The City of Grapevine is proud to participate in Earth Hour 2009! We have made great strides to better our community through continued recycling, water conservation and energy saving efforts. Our more than one million holiday lights have been switched to a full LED system as well as various departments throughout the city purchasing hybrid vehicles when new fleet vehicles are necessary.
Our newly renovated Oak Grove Park Ball Field Complex, opening May 2, 2009 will be fully irrigated with untreated water that will be pulled from our own Lake Grapevine. Untreated water is non-potable water as opposed to watering the entire complex with potable water that would be pulled through the city’s water system. This will save the City tens of thousands of dollars annually,'' said Mayor William D. Tate, Grapevine, Texas.
SMU, UNPLUGGED: DALLAS HALL GOES DARK FOR EARTH HOUR
SMU's iconic Dallas Hall will go dark Saturday night to mark Earth Hour, the global event to underscore an individual's power to cut energy use.
Students, faculty and staff will gather on the Main Quad from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. March 28 to reflect on power usage and climate change. Students living on campus are being urged to turn off their dorm lights for the hour, just as Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert is asking downtown buildings to power down their lights and dim the skyline.
''Earth Hour is a significant statement made more powerful by being a global event,'' said Bonnie Jacobs, director of SMU's environmental science and environmental studies programs and associate professor in Dedman College's Huffington Department of Earth Sciences. ''By our participation, SMU is joining thousands of universities and millions of people around the world to say that we recognize how much energy we use collectively, we know the implications, and we want to change for the better.''
Jacobs is a member of SMU's Campus Sustainability Committee, a group of faculty, staff and students newly formed to evaluate, educate and make recommendations for resource conservation on campus. The committee is sponsoring the SMU Earth Hour event.
McKINNEY, TEXAS (March 18, 2009) – McKinney will join cities around the globe celebrating Earth Hour on March 28. The City Council approved a proclamation that announces support for extinguishing all non-essential lighting in city government buildings and public landmarks between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on March 28, 2009, to conserve energy. City Council also urges all McKinney residents and businesses to participate by turning off all non-essential lights during Earth Hour.
''Lighting consumes about 30 percent of energy in commercial buildings and 15 percent in residential homes, and it is a primary source of heat gain and waste heat. Simply turning off the lights for just an hour is a way we can join others around the world to save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increase awareness about excessive lighting,'' said Julie Smith, McKinney Green Programs Manager.
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, when 2.2 million people and thousands of businesses turned out their lights for one hour to demonstrate how much energy can be saved by reducing excessive lighting. This year, more than 240 cities, including Dallas and Arlington, in 62 countries will join Earth Hour.
''Energy conservation, like turning off lights, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and improves air quality. Excessive artificial lighting also blocks our ability to see stars at night and even interferes with bird migration. By taking part in Earth Hour, McKinney is committed to preserving those aspects of our community that make it an attractive and healthy place to live and work,'' said Smith.
Hunt Consolidated, Inc. has pledged to join other City of Dallas buildings, landmarks and facilities in north Texas, and across the country, in turning off non-essential lighting for one hour during Earth Hour 2009.
The signature white band lighting on the exterior of the building, the unique LED lights on the ellipse and all architectural landscape lighting will go dark for one hour starting at 8:30PM on Saturday, March 28, 2009.
Hunt has already signed on as a community partner at www.EarthHourUS.org and will promote individual participation among their employees as well.
Hunt recently received Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification for Commerical Interiors from the U.S. Green Building Council and is proud to support this global effort to make a statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate its commitment to finding solutions. 
Mayor Cluck proclaims
the City of Arlington's
participation in
Earth Hour 2009.
In additional to City facilities and landmarks, all Arlington area residents and business will be encouraged to join with others in north Texas, and across the country, to turn off non-essential lighting for one hour starting at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 28th for what will be the largest climate event in history around the world.
The University of Texas-Arlington has already signed on as a community partner, and will promote participation on campus and among their students, staff and faculty across the community.Many more business and community groups are expected to get involved in the coming weeks.
As a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, The University of Texas at Arlington is committed to its leadership position in sustainability and stewardship of the environment.
To that end, UT Arlington's President's Sustainability Committee, with members drawn from the faculty, staff, student body and community, addresses opportunities to promote sustainability in facilities management, curricula, research and public awareness. It is not only a strategic but tactical group, charged with envisioning and executing means by which the University can meet or surpass environmental standards, conserve resources, and minimize waste and empower others to do the same. More information available at www.uta.edu/sustainability
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We are only interested in raising awareness of climate change by demonstrating just how much extra light we use at night compared to what we need to remain safe and secure in our own homes and businesses.
When we turn the feature and non-essential lights back on,
the city will still be there!
