Tomorrow is the World Wildlife Fund Canada's national "drop the thermostat day" the aim being everyone drops their thermostats two or three degrees in order to conserve energy.
We love the idea of this event, the way it raises awareness and (hopefully) gets a lot of people involved. The thing is though there really shouldn't be ONE day to be better to the Earth. We shouldn't have just a couple hours to turn off our extra lights or heaters and then claim to have done our part and good deed for the year. This needs to be an ongoing change, and why shouldn't it? Our consumption and over consumption causes an ongoing problem! According to WWFC " if every Canadian turned down their thermostat by just two degrees each winter, 2.2 megatonnes of carbon dioxide could be saved every year - the equivalent of taking 350,000 cars off the road."
Tomorrow is a start though, and we've dubbed this day "Ugly Sweater Day" (if you're like me though you'll be wearing five) sooooo, drop the thermostat a few notches, and use it as an excuse to wear those giant ugly sweaters of yours!(we know you have them don't try and deny it)
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