Lights Out LA: Star gazing hour happens 10/20
San Francisco's doing it, why can't we? In the footsteps of Lights Out San Francisco -- a project to turn out all non-essential lights for an hour, between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Oct. 20 -- LA County's looking to do the same.
Lights Out LA will be a public education effort linking personal action to global warming issues. Supervisor Yvonne Burke and City Councilwoman Wendy Greuel are leading the effort to get the city involved; local officials are expected to vote on the project next week.
If approved, a number of city landmarks -- from the City Hall to LACMA to those color-changing tubes decorating LAX -- could go black. As a sidenote, the City Hall's going through a lot of light-related makeovers these days; back in July, in conjunction with Live Earth, City Hall glowed green.
But pitch black's the new green, at least for this October hour. Wanna join the dark movement? Spend an hour taking in the natural starlight by signing up at Lights Out LA.
image courtesy of Lights Out LA
