I hate to be a naysayer for such a seemingly noble cause, but I must say I'm rather frustrated with Earth Hour. I walk, ride my bike, or take the bus everywhere I go, year-round; I recycle everything I can and produce very little waste; and I always buy locally produced goods whenever possible, as to not to support all the pollution that comes as a result of shipping something thousands of miles away.

Now, I'm no saint or anything, but it seems like the Earth Hour message that's being sent is this: "Short-term fixes are actually effective and worthwhile," or perhaps "Anybody can save the world, as long as it's convenient enough." But this is directly undermining the whole "Green" movement in the first place! If you really care about trying to save the world, you need to change your day-to-day lifestyle. That's the only way! If you drive a car everywhere you go and shop at big-box department stores, celebrating Earth Hour will make you feel like you're actually accomplishing something, when in reality you're a MUCH bigger part of the problem than you are the solution. 

I say, celebrate Earth Year, every year! Movements like Earth Hour shelter people away from the bigger picture.

I'm not trying to disagree just to disagree. I'm just saying that something needs to happen after Earth Hour. A call-to-action or something. If you want to change the way people behave, you need to be much more direct. My point is that the Earth Hour reinforces the "faster, more convenient" American mentality that created the need for an Earth Hour in the first place!

In a way, yeah. But instead of asking the mayor to turn off the Aerial bridge lights for an hour as a symbol of how we aught to be, why not ask why the Aerial bridge needs so many lights in the first place?