Lights Out For Earth

Almost a billion people in more than 2,800 cities worldwide are expected to turn off lights for Earth Hour tonight beginning at 8:30 local time.
Toronto Star article HERE
official 'Earth Hour' website HERE

Related:
Sydney first major city to mark Earth Hour 2009
NZ dims its lights for Earth Hour
Chinese skyscrapers, malls and homes to "switch off" for Earth Hour
Fiji switches off light as part of Earth Hour

Bring Me the Head of...

A new trade in parrot heads and tail feathers is adding to the pressure on the world’s wild population of African Grey Parrots, which is confined to the tropical forest area of West and Central Africa.
This is highlighted by a recent post by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) from Cameroon, which reports on a suspect arrested by game rangers who was found to be carrying 353 parrot heads and 2000 tail feathers. The suspect stated that he had collected the material for a witch doctor who was treating his mentally ill brother.