Earth Hour LA Lights Out Video

Here is a small sample of the buildings, landmarks, sets and restaurants that participated in Earth Hour 2009 Los Angeles.

Special thanks to: Thom Yorke for donating "The Clock" from The Eraser Album for use by World Wildlife Fund Earth Hour LA.

And of course, the people behind the light switches at: The Capitol Records Tower, The El Capitan Theatre, AEG's El Rey Theater, Fox Broadcasting Company (for the sets of American Idol, Bones, Family Guy, Fox Sports West & Good Morning LA & SPEED TV) The Getty Center, Griffith Park Observatory, Los Angeles City Hall and Los Angeles International Airport(LAX), Pink's Hot Dogs, Santa Monica Pier and Ferris Wheel, and UCLA's Royce Hall.

WATCH THE LIGHTS GO OUT AT NOKIA PLAZA!

This is home video of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa counting down to Nokia Plaza and Staples Center going dark for Earth Hour! Video by asiu1990

MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA SPEAKS TO LOS ANGELINOS AT L.A. LIVE'S EARTH HOUR

The overwhelming success of Earth Hour Los Angeles deserves a shout out for the dedicated efforts of the City of LA and it's various divisions. As yet another action taken by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his administration to make LA the greenest city in the nation, their support of Earth Hour through the additional participation of DWP, Public Works, Street Lighting, Council Districts, Green organizations and City and County officials has helped to raise awareness by calling Los Angelinos to action. Go Green LA!

Photo by Karen Somers

NOKIA PLAZA - LIGHTS ON, LIGHTS OFF FOR EARTH HOUR!!

Nokia Plaza went dark at 8:30pm for Earth Hour Los Angeles! As the culmination of a wave of Vote Earth darkness that traveled across the globe, starting in Fiji and ending right here, on Figueroa, it was a spectacular site to be in the middle of Nokia Plaza with hundreds of other Los Angelinos as we witnessed all of L.A. LIVE and Staples Center shut down the lights for Earth Hour!!

Photos by Karen Somers

THE FARM OF BEVERLY HILLS AT L.A. LIVE GIVES EXTRA SUPPORT FOR EARTH HOUR LA

The Farm of Beverly Hills at L.A. LIVE is going all out for Earth Hour LA. Chef Hans Goplen is seen here talking to K-CAL about the Earth Hour special dinner this eco-conscious eatery is planning to serve for Earth Hour. Patrons can choose from this delicious, locally grown, organic/humane menu:


Citrus Salad with orange and grapefruit slices, watercress, candied pecans and grapes drizzled with a honey mustard, lavender dressing

Certified Humane Meyer Angus Beef Tenderloin with purple cauliflower and potato souffle, grilled asparagus in a Merlot demi-glaze.

Organic, Fava-bean stuffed, pan-fried Roasted Chicken Breast with baby carrots, lentils and Jus de Poulet.

Harry's Local Berries Strawberry Shortcake!

The Farm is also providing delicious, vegetarian snacks for Earth Hour performers at L.A. LIVE and we say THANK YOU!!!

ED NORTON AND ALANIS MORISSETTE TELL LARRY KING ABOUT ABOUT EARTH HOUR!

Academy Award nominee Edward Norton and Grammy winner Alanis Morissette tell Larry King how they were so compelled by the magnitude of this global CALL TO ACTION that they gladly volunteered their celebrity to help spread the word for EARTH HOUR!!

Will.i.am supports Earth Hour!!

Kevin Bacon supports WWF's Earth Hour!

Kevin Bacon turns off the lights in support of Earth Hour!

WHY WE LOVE GINA RENE....

Gina Rene's unlimited appeal embodies a raw spiritual talent that crosses musical genres and boundaries like never before.

Bringing her global internet following, American singer, song writing gem Gina Rene has generously offered up her hopeful hip hop ballad of universal love "Be The Change" as the anthem for Earth Hour LA. With an inspiring intro "rap" by Agape spiritual leader, Reverend Michael Bernard Beckwith (see bio), Be The Change celebrates what Gina and the rest of us hope to see in the world today. Her sultry vocals span rhymes from R & B, hard hitting Hip Hop hooks and deep emotional messages of joining and leading the movement of inspiring individuals dedicated to living a life of beneficial presence on this planet. Ms. Gina Rene took a few minutes out of her schedule to tell Earth Hour LA a bit more about what motivates her to make such a beautiful difference in the world, here's what she said...

Q: What is your hope for Earth Hour 2009? What can people do to keep the conversation (and the action!) going beyond 9:31 on March 28th?

A: My vision and hope for Earth Hour 2009 is that MORE than 1 billion people participate and even after Earth Hour that turning off our lights becomes a regular daily practice of reducing the effects of climate change. It's such a simple, easy thing to do and Earth hour itself is only one hour out of one year =365 days =8,760 hours. Let's do more than we thought we could..let's surprise ourselves!!!
.... Now that's a thought.

More About Gina
www.ginarene.com

EARTH HOUR EVENT AT L.A. LIVE!

EARTH HOUR LA BLOWOUT PARTY!

WHERE: Nokia Plaza at L.A. LIVE!
WHEN: 6pm - LIGHTS OUT!: 8:30 TO 9:30PM

WHO: TONY OKUNGBOWA! DJ from The Ellen Show!
Urban Soul Goddess GINA RENE!
TIM MCAFEE-LEWIS and THE AGAPE INTERNATIONAL CHOIR!!!
Hosted by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, AEG and the World Wildlife Fund!
Shout out by Will.i.am!

WHY:To send an important message to our elected officials that we want action on climate change!

PARKING: Not so free so be extra green and take Metro!

Join all of Los Angeles for this FREE EVENT at L.A. LIVE!, hosted by Mayor Antonio, AEG and WWF. Groove with emcee and DJ Tony Okungbowa from the Ellen Degeneres Show, meet elected champions of the environment and top it off with special musical guests Tim McAfee-Lewis, the Agape Choir and the spectacular Gina Rene, singing her song, Be The Change, the official song of Earth Hour LA!

Come early and Dine By Candlelight at L.A. LIVE restaurants Rock 'N Fish, The Farm of Beverly Hills, Yard House, ESNP Zone, Flemings Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, Boca at The Conga, New Zealand Natural and Lawry's Carvery.

http://www.lalive.com/content.php?section=dining&page=restaurants

Watch famous LA icons go dark all over the city on the L.A. LIVE jumbo-trons! See the Capital Records building, the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel, L.A. City Hall, the El Capitan Theater, The Getty Museum! The event is FREE and ALL are welcome! www.earthhourus.org/losangeles for more details and prove to the rest of the world that we really do have a community here by turning off the lights together for Earth Hour LA!

When: March 28th, 6pm
Lights Out: 8:30 to 9:30pm
Where: L.A. LIVE
What: EARTH HOUR LOS ANGELES
Cost of Event: FREE
Parking: Next to Nokia Plaza
Better than Parking: Take Metro!

L.A. ICONS AND MORE TURNING OUT LIGHTS FOR EARTH HOUR!

ICONIC LOS ANGELES BUILDINGS
Going Lights Out for Earth Hour
March 28th at 8:30pm.

The impressive list includes:
Capitol Records Tower
Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel
El Capitan Theater
El Rey Theater
Griffith Observatory
Pinks
LAX Neon Pylons
L.A. City Hall
Van Nuys City Hall
San Pedro City Hall

A BILLION SQUARE FEET OF REAL ESTATE
Real estate giant, CB Richard Ellis, is encouraging lights-out participation in the more than 2 billion square feet of its global management portfolio. Additionally, CBRE will observe Earth Hour in its more than 300 offices around the world, and encourage personal participation among its more than 30,000 global employees. To further increase environmental awareness and encourage participation, each of the occupants in the participating buildings will be provided with "101 Tips Toward a Greener Tomorrow," which serves as a green guide for home conservation and co-branded with WWF and Earth Hour.

OPEN TABLE AND DINELA BRING CANDLELIGHT TO L.A. EATERIES
OpenTable, the world's most popular website for making restaurant reservations online has joined Restaurant Week superstars dineLA, a program of L.A. INC. to promote Dine By Candlelight for Los Angeles residents. Dine By Candlelight is a community initiative that asks residents to not only turn off the lights for Earth Hour but to spend that evening supporting local business. Participating restaurants, bars and hotels all over the city will dim their electric lights and serve dinner and drinks by candlelight while offering special Earth Hour menu items. Visit the OpenTable Earth Hour or go to the Participants page on this site.

ENTERTAINMENT VENUES GO DARK
iO West, Groundlings, The Comedy Store, Amoeba Records, El Ray Theater, El Capitan Theater, House of Blues and Upright Citizens Brigade theaters are all turning off exterior lights and marquis and some will even feature "half-lit" performances Earth Hour night.

LA SCHOOLS PROGRAM
During Earth Hour, the city's Partnership Schools Program will kick off an ewaste competition between teams of students to develop "greenprints" of their schools and collect e-waste such as old mobile phones and computers from their communities, to be re-purposed instead of sent to landfills.

PARADISE AT NIGHT
People all over L.A. will stop their busy lives for one hour to get together with their kids, friends (or their entire block!) to turn off the lights and look at the stars. Residents are encouraged to get out their telescopes, download a map of the constellations and find the Big Dipper and Orion!

MAKE A ONE MINUTE MOVIE
60oneminutes.org is taking submissions for one-minute movies that support Earth Hour with the theme, Take Back Your Power. A selection of submissions will be broadcast on Current TV starting on Earth Hour through to Earth Day as a fun, interactive way of continuing the conversation past 9:31 p.m. on March 28

L.A. LIVE CELEBRATION ON MARCH 28TH
Free and open to the public, this entertaining celebration for the whole family will be held at L.A. LIVE starting at 7 p.m. on March 28. More details to come.

Earth Hour With The Bella Girls

SIX DAYS AFTER LAUNCH, EARTH HOUR LA TAKES OFF FOR A GLOBAL VOTE ON CLIMATE CHANGE!

L.A. Citizens, Corporate and Government Buildings, Restaurants & Hospitality
Partners, Performance Venues & Comedy Troupes Pledge to Turn Out their Lights and Join the Global Movement!

(LOS ANGELES) March 3, 2009 - Less than one week after officially announcing Los Angeles as a flagship city for WWF's Earth Hour 2009, many corporations, government organizations, educational establishments, restaurants and hospitality organizations, entertainment venues and Angelinos from all parts of the city have committed to turning off their lights for the first ever global vote for action on climate change. On Saturday, March 28th at 8:30 p.m. the city of Los Angeles will cast its vote by turning off non-essential lighting and joining the global movement for change for one hour, Earth Hour. And that's just the first step before citizens descend on Nokia Plaza at L.A. LIVE, Saturday, March 28th, for the ultimate celebration for change.

Groundlings Supports Earth Hour

Performance venues around Los Angeles, including the world famous Groundlings Theater are supporting Earth Hour by powering down their exterior lighting, going acoustic for music performances and presenting fun, eerie dark performances at top improv theaters! Support Earth Hour while enjoying eco-conscious entertainment and make a reservation for a Dark Performance!

The Groundlings Support Earth Hour LA

Performance venues around Los Angeles, including the world famous Groundlings Theater are supporting Earth Hour by powering down their exterior lighting, going acoustic for music performances and presenting fun, eerie dark performances at top improv theaters! Support Earth Hour while enjoying eco-conscious entertainment and make a reservation for a Dark Performance!

Mayor Villaraigosa announces Earth Hour at L.A. LIVE

Video by Joe Grzeskowiak

Earth Hour's global event on March 28th, 2009 will start in Fiji and travel around the world, from time zone to time zone and end at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles. L.A. LIVE is the newest, state of the art, mega entertainment and sports facility in Los Angeles.

Earth Hour Los Angeles Announced by WWF and the Mayor Villaraigosa at L.A.LIVE!

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Nobel Prize-winner/Vice President and Managing Director for Climate Change for the World Wildlife Fund, Richard Moss, leader of the Agape International Spiritual Center, Reverend Michael Bernard Beckwith and President and CEO of AEG, Timothy J. Leiweke came together to officially announce Earth Hour Los Angeles, 2009. The announcement was made at Nokia Plaza at L.A. LIVE on Friday, March 27th. Mayor Villaraigosa expressed city-wide pride for Los Angeles being selected as a flagship city for this year's global event.

"We hope the entire Los Angeles community will join us as we turn off all non-essential city lights. Municipal buildings and many city landmarks will be going dark for Earth Hour. I'll be turning off the lights in my own home and I encourage everyone to do the same."

AEG's Leiweke announced L.A. LIVE as the official venue for Earth Hour Los Angeles. Dr. Moss stressed the symbolic nature of turning off the lights for Earth Hour, a reminder that one small act performed by many can make a huge difference.

Restaurants Coming On Board for Dine By Candlelight!

Dine By Candlelight is picking up real steam, not only here in Los Angeles but across the southland, with more and more restaurants jumping on to the Earth Hour bandwagon for Dine By Candlelight! Newest participants include:

Lawry's of Beverly Hills
They are devoting an entire room to Earth Hour!

Bistro 45 in Pasadena
"We'd love to participate!"

Ristaurante daVinci in Long Beach
"Thank you for considering us for this great event. We look forward to providing a great atmosphere for our patrons in an environmentally conscious manner."

Check back for more restaurants as they join us! A complete list of participants is coming soon to it's own page!

Los Angeles launches program to replace street lights with LEDs

Photo by Joe Grzeskowiak

Former President Clinton came to Los Angeles on Monday for a special presentation with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Public Works, street lighting director, Ed Ebrahimian, as part of the Clinton Climate Initiative. Billed as one of the largest efforts of any US city to reduce pollution, incandescent bulbs in Los Angeles City street lamps will be replaced with longer lasting, more energy efficient LED bulbs and light emitting diodes. President Clinton proudly spoke of how Los Angeles is one of a handful of cities who met their Kyoto Protocol goals early (October of 2008) and Mayor Villaragosa repeated his call to action and commitment to make Los Angeles the "cleanest, greenest big city in the U.S." Earth Hour 2009 is set to be an exciting, high profile, community-based event that supports the great work of WWF and the Mayor's vision for "building a bridge to a sustainable future.".

Shepard Fairey supports Earth Hour!

World renown artist and creator of the unifying HOPE poster for now president Barack Obama has joined World Wildlife Fund in support of Earth Hour by creating an amazing poster you can download to help inspire others! Tune in, take the pledge and Vote Earth with Shepard Fairey by spreading the word and turning off your lights on March 28th and beyond!