Earth Hour

Last night we took part in Earth Hour, and enjoyed a couple games by candlelight. The point of Earth Hour is to raise awareness about climate change, and to help the environment by turning off your lights for an hour. It was started by the World Wildlife Fund in 2007, and last year more than 5,200 cities in 135 different countries turned off their lights for Earth Hour. You can read more about it here: http://www.earthhour.org/page/about/about-earth-hour

Great Backyard Bird Count

The Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), hosted by the Audubon Society, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Bird Studies Canada,  is coming up in a couple weeks! It goes from Friday February 17th through Monday the 20th. GBBC lets anybody help scientists learn about bird migration and population in your area. Count all the birds you see wherever you want for at least 15 minutes any of the four days and fill out a checklist online at http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc , or click on the GBBC Button above. The Great Backyard Bird Count is not only a great way to help scientists and birds, it's a great way to have fun and spend some time outside, so go grab your binoculars :)