Action #021

Turn off unnecessary lights

 
This action has been done 49,474 times which means we've cut carbon emissions by about 6,777,938 kg and it's a bit more likely we'll be able to see the the Milky Way too.
 
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All those offices with lights burning bright at night. Are they really all full of people working late? Or is it some cock-eyed theory of aesthetics which says that lighting an empty space is beautiful? Ivory was considered beautiful once.

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  • judi judi did this action

    turn off uneccesary lights

    i do this at work and encourage others 19 August 2010, 21:35
  • james pugh james pugh and friends did this action and got 2 people to do it too

    money

    this has save us money at home 04 May 2010, 08:54
  • Laurie Laurie did this action

    I turn off loads of lights!

    Sometimes my family leave lights on but I try to tell them not to and turn them off. Sometimes I do too but I'm getting better 25 April 2010, 14:46
  • Shawn Shawn did this action

    easy

    It makes sense 02 April 2010, 16:53
  • french french did this action

    i

    i did this... i think 22 March 2010, 13:08
  • Ahmad Ahmad did this action

    i did this

    i always do that
     20 March 2010, 14:56
  • Ahmad Ahmad did this action

    yes

    it's normal to do this when the electricity is expensive, and not 24/24 available 17 March 2010, 13:15
  • AMIT.SADARANGANI AMIT.SADARANGANI did this action

    GLOBALWARMING

    2 PREVENT THE SPREAD OF GLOBALWARMING 14 March 2010, 02:52
  • me (yes me) me (yes me) and friends did this action and got 21 people to do it too

    i didnt do this but i had a dream that i did

    i turned off the lights and i realised that there is more to life than money, people become obsessed with money too much and think that its time we make a change, now! 02 March 2010, 09:25
  • Haider Haider did this action

    My animation

    A little animation about energy saving!!! 25 February 2010, 15:09
  • HAARIS KHAN HAARIS KHAN and friends did this action and got 42 people to do it too

    TURN YUR LIGHTS OFF!!!

    i used to always leave my lights on for no reason but then i thought to myself what harm would it do if i turned the lights off when i didnt need them on. so i eventually turned all the lights off when i didnt need them on and my mum was happy aswell because the electricity bill was cut down by alot.this is also an efficient way to save money 24 February 2010, 10:26
  • Kirsty Balmer Kirsty Balmer did this action

    Hard to get good help

    My partner is always leaving lights on unnecessarily. Not only do I switch them off but I also give a little dig about it to try to change the bad habit. 12 February 2010, 12:23
  • Marta Marta did this action

    My father said it to me

    Siempre lo hago, porque mi padre siempre está diciendo: "Marta, a su vez de las luces" 11 February 2010, 19:53
  • Steph Young Steph Young did this action

    Lights out.

    when i left the pe office the other night i turned every light offffffff :):) 10 February 2010, 12:08
  • Graham Cliff Graham Cliff did this action

    Why don't you join the Light Brigade?

    The Light Brigade in manchester, England, would like you to think of this idea - that you ask company's whose office blocks are left lit at night why they do it?
    You can see their web site here -
    http://www.lightbrigade.org.uk/
    The BBC Manchester discuss the concept here -
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8493000/8493175.stm
     03 February 2010, 16:12
  • 4W Participants of 4W did this action

    Turn off unnecessary lights

    We try to remember to do this before going to assembly or P.E. 28 January 2010, 16:41
  • Jessica Dib-Newbery did this action

    on the way out to lunch

    On my way out to lunch and recess all the lights go out in my room. 27 January 2010, 09:17
  • Miss Griffiths Miss Griffiths did this action

    Saving Energy!

    On the way out of assembly I remembered to turn off the lights.

    Leandro     22 January 2010, 13:31
  • Miss Angela Miss Angela did this action

    Turning off Lights

    Sometimes it means that you (unintentionally) turn the same light on and off 3 or 4 times in half an hour. My partner thinks this wastes more power, however I at least try to do the right thing. 10 January 2010, 12:49
  • Katy Katy did this action

    I do this

    I'm always turning off what I consider to be unnecessary lights. The problem is, my family tend not to think them unnecessary, so turn them straight back on again! 07 January 2010, 09:49
  • annabel hoseason annabel h. did this action

    i thought

    when i have a bath i have the rdio on in one room and the light on in it, i then have the bathroom light on a and my bedroom light on all at once when i only stay in the bathroom (bath). this wastes a lot of electricity so i have recently turned of my bedroom and other room (with radio) light off. i have done this for 4 nights 12 December 2009, 18:46
  • Simran Simran did this action

    Turn off lights

    its easy! 05 December 2009, 21:59
  • otto davey otto davey did this action

    i turn lights off

    i tend not to turn lights of but i like using enrgy saving lights, this it because it will save the world! 04 December 2009, 09:41
  • Random Idiot Random Idiot did this action

    Done!!

    I done it!
    My sister wants the Tv on all night and I share a room with her!
    She never watches it she just wants it on so I have to turn it off!
    I know!..... LAZY!
    So I turn it off straight away, but then she tells on me.....
    Grrrrr!
    I'm trying to save a planet here woman!     01 December 2009, 18:10
  • chantelle fiona faye cassidy chantelle fiona faye cassidy and friends did this action and got 23 people to do it too

    hey

    i thought it was great i did by myself to reasure i did actually turn lights of i thought it was great because i felt i made a change to the world. 25 November 2009, 10:55
  • laurriette laurriette and friends did this action and got 1 people to do it too

    Turned off lights

    For the like the first time ya, i switched of all the lights in my house(except bathroom) when i went to bed. I saved the enviroment, nd the electricity bill. yay me! 20 November 2009, 11:28
  • Jack Chow Jack Chow did this action

    I don it

    iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit so coooooooooooooool when U do.
    Like I won     18 November 2009, 17:53
  • Karunyah Nadarajah and friends did this action and got 4 people to do it too

    Turning off lights.

    Because of the different lighting system I have got in my dining room, after I finish studying, I turn off the unnecessary ones and just leave one light bulb on if anyone is in the room or just turn the lights off :) 16 November 2009, 22:37
  • Hemini Shah did this action

    turning off unnessacary lights

    This is actualy quite funny because ever since i read about the wasted energy when lights are left on ive become a freak in trying to turn as many as i can turn off!..Mi Madre thinks im nuts doing this coz im doing things hlf the time in the dark! :P 14 November 2009, 14:32
  • Amiie Amiie did this action

    i did it.

    i love man :P 12 November 2009, 12:48
  • reece reece did this action

    lights off

    every night i turn all my house lights off. it annoys my mum a bit though lol =) 04 November 2009, 10:50
  • Hannah Deards did this action

    Did It (:

    Oh my gosh.. in my school, the teachers haven't really heard of natural light, so they shut the blinds and turn the lights on. I, however, go into the classroom, prise the blinds open and turn all the lights off. Some of the teachers dont seem to like it, but they'll get over it. (: 22 October 2009, 20:44
  • Adiel Ahmed Adiel Ahmed did this action

    a.Ahmed@khs

    I did this, it was fun. Im going to do it again. 20 October 2009, 09:35
  • Viv Chav Viv Chav did this action

    Care about The World


    Always switch all electricity off when you leave the room,and always and I mean always care about the world.Maybe one day the world might change you     10 March 2009, 04:10
  • CinnamonLover86 CinnamonLover86 did this action

    Turning of the lights when Im/Family are not in ro


    My family go round leaving on all the lights when there not in the room even when they go down for dinner or pop out to the off license down the road they leave not only the lights on but the tv, hi-fi ect so...while I'm killing time for my dinner to cool down I go round turning it all off unless my brothers in a middle of a game other wise I'd never hear the end off it!!!     09 May 2008, 14:29
  • Gordon Gordon did this action

    Not for big business

    Hi folks. I got annoyed about the waste of electricity in my house and office, so I invented something to reduce it. I can't say too much because it is still in patent pending stage, but it does look like it's a definite commercial seller and a genuine energy saver. My problem is that everyone I show it to wants a slice of the money pie, and is interested in selling it for the maximum price possible. I want to sell it as cheaply as possible so more people use them and therefore more energy is saved. Has anyone got any ideas on where to go to look for funding? The carbon trust and places like that are all ok, they're pretty much guaranteed, but they will only match what I raise myself, and of course no-one wants to invest without seeing maximum profits. Grr. It's so annoying. Gordon 09 January 2008, 06:56

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