Schools celebrate Earth Day with Lights Out

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[Sub-Driver]

Schools celebrate Earth Day with Lights Out Published Thursday April 21st, 2011

Events commemorating Earth Day wouldn't be complete without the Lights Out project, which has swept Canada and into other countries.

Canadian schools from coast to coast are participating in the awareness campaign started by Mount Allison University student Keleigh Annau while living in British Columbia.

She founded the Lights Out Canada/World outreach project to switch people's minds onto the environment and the problem of global warming.

Now in its sixth year, the event will be celebrated today since Earth Day is Good Friday. An estimated 122,000 students in 330 schools in four countries participated last year.

It educates all ages about energy conservation by turning down or off the lights in the schools taking part in the challenge.

Many homeowners, companies and organizations support the effort by also practising lights out activities.

Riverview High School plans to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day with a lights out to raise awareness to energy use, climate change, waste and basic stewardship.

Students and staff will also adopt trees to help sequester a little carbon.

[Sub-Driver]

They're so much better than us...........

nonsense...........

[WKUHilltopper]

Schools celebrate Earth Day with Lights Out....and brains off.

[Jack Hydrazine]

There’s nothing like pulling a North Korea on the children to start a New Dark Age for the next generation.

[Lazlo in PA]

I would like to see that Lights Out deal happen at the inner city schools in the US. In 9 months the teenage birth rate at these schools would skyrocket.

[American Quilter]

Apparently no one in those schools has heard that global warming has been proven to be a hoax. Or, as with most liberals, they simply choose not to believe facts that contradict their cherished beliefs.

[Diamond]

Socialism is planned poverty.

[justice14]

Ugh.... I hate Earth day. If it was a person, I’d punch it in the face.

[rarestia]

I’d punch it in the neck and knee it in the groin for good measure.

[Gabz]

I practice this everyday -— it keeps the electric bill down.

I’m cheap.

[re_nortex]

It's actually a tad chilly here in North Texas today. My tribute to Earth Day is to have EVERY SINGLE light burning in the house. Plus, I have space heaters running countered by the AC to offset the warmth. I'm drinking coffee after heating it in the microwave. And this morning (in the cool drizzle), I fired up both the Lawn Boy and the John Deere riding mower.

There's a libtard who lives across the street who saw me and was oh-so offended at my lack of respect for the so-called "Earth Day". He's originally from Nashua, NH and was similarly offended by my Dixie flags planted in the yard on Martin Marxist Luther King's "big" day.

I'm sure he's also not going to be pleased by the huge Texas flag I plan to fly when the drizzle ends. That's because I have no use for "Earth Day" but instead respectfully honor a far more important celebration on this 21st of April:

Triumphant Texans Topple Tyrant: Victory at San Jacinto!

So, the hippies, beatniks, liberals, greenies, fascists, environ-whackos can "celebrate" the utterly meaningless claptrap of "Earth Day". For me, it's a day to reflect upon the brave patriots of Texas who fought for liberty and freedom at San Jacinto 175 years ago and routed the murderous Mexican minions of the genocidal Santa Anna!

[filospinato]

Only two days each year that I’ll tear a tree out of the ground, Earth day and Arbor day.

[WOBBLY BOB]

I visited there vacationing several years ago.(from MN)

That and the USS Texas are really neat.

[Arrowhead1952]

In 9 months the teenage birth rate at these [inner city] schools would skyrocket.

You were too quick for me, but that was the same thing I was thinking.

[EyeGuy]

“Socialism is planned poverty.”

Only for those not part of the elite Politburo. For the corrupt and criminal elites in power, it is riches on the scale of Kings.

Weak, loser Commies absolutely hate the empowerment of the common man that is the American ideal, and not coincidentally, that of capitalism as well.

[EyeGuy]

“Socialism is planned poverty.”

Only for those not part of the elite Politburo. For the corrupt and criminal elites in power, it is riches on the scale of Kings.

Weak, loser Commies absolutely hate the empowerment of the common man that is the American ideal, and not coincidentally, that of capitalism as well.

[TheOldLady]

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[MrB]

Poverty for the masses, control and luxury for the elites.

[ASOC]

Lenin must be happy with this going on - it’s is his birthday after all.

[Thunder90]

This is as stupid as that Earth Hour BS... I know some people who are going to burn tires in “honor” of Earth Day tomorrow.

[ExCTCitizen]

Hmmm.. For EARTH DAY I’ll be celebrating -— by USING MOTHER EARTH’s RESOURCES!!! Mother Earth will thank you!!!!

Canada’s teachers got hit in the head with a hockey puck more then once!!!! :-)