I went downtown to listen to a speech given by a former director of the Sierra Club (given by candlelight) and then went to Parliament Hill for the vigil.
So far there have been a couple "waste of time" posts. Same as last year. Last year I said that in the long run I didn't see Earth Hour accomplishing anything big. But then I went to work the next day and found that people that aren't really into environmental issues discussing what they did with their "Earth Hour". The fact that this thread even exists proves that it gets people talking about the issue of energy. A friend said that her family put out some candles and played Scrabble for the hour and oddly was one of the best hours they had as a family in a long time... better than sitting down and watching reality TV together. So they made it a regular thing for her family.