On Saturday, March 28 at 8:30 pm, please do your part to stop global warming by participating in Earth Hour's "Lights Out" across the globe.
Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia in 2007 when 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. That year, the city's carbon consumption dropped by more than 10% during Earth Hour. Maintaining that level of energy reduction would be equivalent to taking almost 50,000 cars off the road.
By 2008, the message had grown substantially and 50 million people in 35 countries switched off their lights for one hour. Even landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Colosseum, and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square all stood in darkness for one hour.
For more information or to pledge your support, visit
www.earthhour.org.
Located on the first floor of Abington Library is our new display - Make the Most of Your Time on Earth, which features travel materials showcasing Abington's Study Abroad program and the travels of the faculty and staff members. A few titles in our new display are: Contemporary Italy, Japan, Famous Homes of Great Britain, and Culture and Customs of Ireland. Come on in and check it out!
Located on the bottom floor of Abington Library is our new display - Technology and Society, which features materials on the rise of the internet, blogging, television, and online societies. A few titles in this display are: How America Got Online, Blogging, and Virtual Society: Technology, Cyberbole, Reality.
If you're unfamiliar with the University Libraries homepage, or it just seems too complex to even look at, why not search Abington's catalog of sources right on Facebook?
