Earth Hour 2009

Most of you have probably already heard about Earth Hour 2009, but just in case you haven't, this Saturday, 28 March at 8:30pm local time (wherever you are in the world) you can show your support for our planet by switching off your lights for an hour.

Earth Hour 2009 is a global initiative by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which acts as a worldwide call to action to every individual, business and community to take a stand against Climate Change. The lifespan of our planet, the very place we call home, is facing immense danger. Having said that, by standing together, we can make a difference.

By signing up, you are pledging to switch off your lights on Saturday, 28 March 2009 at 8:30pm. Your name will form part of a 1 billion-strong petition (that's more than one seventh of the world's population!) that will be sent to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at the end of the year to put pressure on governments and world leaders to pass legislation on climate change.

Sign up now by visiting http://www.earthhour.org.za/sign_up.php?refer=65fd03f185e7c645ac01c68123c16f1c and become part of what could be the single most powerful demonstration of global solidarity.

2009 is the year we decide the future of our planet. Your name will make a world of difference.


The Moon and Venus hanging in the sky after sunset in the Cederberg (taken on good old Fuji Velvia slide film - yummy!)

whale ship

I'm back! Not that I went far, just down the road really, but it still involved lots of packing madly, and then of course madly unpacking a chaos of boxes on the other end. I'm still in Muizenberg, just on the other side of the vlei now in a lovely Victorian house that was built around 1901! Needless to say life has been a tad busy and I haven't managed to take a photo for pic of the week, so here's one I took a while ago from Glencairn.


Humpback whale blowing & a three masted sailing ship (I'm sure one of my sailing friends will let me know what the correct term for it is!)