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hOUR Norman - 2009
Norman Residents! Unplug! Turn excess power off - spend some quality time with friends and family!
September 21, 2008 - From 9p.m. to 10 p.m. Norman residents and businesses will have an opportunity to raise awareness about energy conservation. For one hour, all citizens of Norman will be encouraged to turn off their lights and think about other ways they can conserve electricity on a more sustainable basis. You will have the whole hour to spend with your friends and family. If the weather is nice, you could go for a walk, or sit in your back yard and enjoy a good conversation. Be creative - it's your hOUR!
Blu Restaurant in Norman is expected to have a candle light dinner and a special menu for hOUR Norman event. Drop by for such a special occasion.
September 20-21, 2008. OU student volunteers will distribute energy saving CFL bulbs to homes in one of the Norman neighborhood. Each homeowner in that neighborhood will be provided with one energy saving CFL bulb. Homeowners will also get a flyer with money saving energy improvement tips for their homes, and information about hOUR Norman events
A number of events are in planning for that day. Please come back to learn about hOUR Norman and how YOU can be part of it!
Read the article in the NewsOK.com, by The Oklahoman
We would like to encourage everybody to take this hour and use it to spend some quality time with your family and friends. In our everyday rush of things, we have less and less time to think, to reflect and enjoy simple quiet time with those dear to us. Some ideas on how to spend the hOUR:
- Have that conversation you have been postponing!
- Turn your TV, computer and games off. Leave one light on, and read your favorite book with the whole family
- Take a stroll, alone or with your loved ones. In either case, you will have a whole hour to reflect on things, or have a good conversation
- Have your own "unplugged" concert!
Mayor of City of Norman Cindy Rosenthal proclaimed March 30th, 2008 an hOUR Norman Day. On that day, Norman has joined such cities as Melbourne, Sidney, Shanghai, Tokyo, Moscow, London, Paris, Chicago, and San Francisco, which participated in Earth Day the day before. City of Norman was entered in the register of participating cities.
Mayor Rosenthal also voiced a commitment to have hOUR Norman event bi-annually, and make every effort to transform local initiative into hOUR Oklahoma event to cover the whole Sooner State.
For more info, please visit event's offical website @ www.hournorman.org
Contact
Joshua S. Maxey
Event Coordinator
Email: jmaxey@ou.edu
Office: 405.325.5195
Mobile: 405.923.0979
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