Ben Arnoldy of the Christian Science Monitor reports:

On Saturday evening, it’s “Lights out San Francisco,” where people will voluntary turn off lights for an hour. The aim is to raise awareness of light pollution and the energy wasted by lights left on….

Citizens plan to shut off nonessential lighting for an hour in the name of conservation – and community. Restaurants will serve dinner by candlelight, astronomy buffs will be out with their scopes, and musicians will rock out on power from a biodiesel bus.

If participants are expecting a total blackout or a quick fix for global warming, they might have to settle instead for a free energy-efficient light bulb and an event T-shirt that reads: “Good things happen in the dark.”

[tags]energy conservation, light pollution, blackout[/tags]