Atlanta Celebrates Earth Hour 2008

The World Wildlife Fund recently announced that the city of Atlanta is an official supporting city of Earth Hour 2008.

Earth Hour is a worldwide event in which more than 20 cities are going to turn off the non-essential lights for one hour in an attempt to make a powerful statement about the change in climate. Now that Atlanta has signed on as a participating city, on Saturday, March 29 from 8 to 9 p.m., the entire city will go dark.

As many individuals, businesses and local government officials participate, many landmark buildings in Downtown, Midtown, Atlantic Station and Buckhead will be completely dark. Atlanta is in good company supporting this cause as cities like San Francisco, Chicago, Phoenix, Bangkok, Copenhagen, Sydney, Toronto and others will also be turning off the lights to demonstrate their concern and commitment to finding a solution to the climate change. Mayor Shirley Franklin proudly accepted WWF’s invitation to represent the Easter Time Zone as a way to complement to recently launched “Sustainable Atlanta” environmental initiative. We eoncourage thouse involved in the Atlanta real estate community to the lead of these Atlanta officials and remember to turn off your lights on March 29 from 8 to 9 p.m. to show your support for the environment.