Earth People Fun During Earth Hour

Yesterday's Earth Hour, defined as lights out between 8 and 9 PM local time, was reportedly observed in "hundreds" of cities and, according to a report out of Toronto, the Earth people know how to enjoy themselves when the lights go out.

Environmentalist Matthew McKenzie invited some friends to his house to celebrate.

"We're Earth-friendly people, so we thought: What better way to celebrate Earth Hour?" said McKenzie, whose household has well-sealed windows, energy-efficient lightbulbs and produces only half a bag of garbage every other week.

Blindfolded tree hugging would be first up.

"Basically, everyone's going in my front yard, we're going to put a green bag over their head, spin them around, and it'll be a race who can find the tree in my front yard the fastest," he said.

The winner was to get a small potted plant.

Uh -- okay, but I must be missing something. I don't mean to disparage the games McKenzie and his friends find entertaining but bumping into trees blindfolded sounds stupid. And I don't see the relationship between bumping into trees and supposedly saving the planet.

I'd suggest that these people were bumping into trees before they became environmentalists. It would help explain the photo accompanying the article which shows McKenzie's crowd huddled around a roaring fire during Earth Hour. I would wager that the fire added more hydrocarbons to the environment than was presumably prevented from entering the environment by turning the lights off.