Check out this new blog, Power Day Off. It’s about ways that you can do less. For the planet. One day at a time.

My friend came up with the concept as a way to give her house and herself and her family a real rest. On this day, they keep the lights off, go outside,
spend a quiet day with loved ones, and don’t use any fuel.

She writes, "Religious
people call it the Sabbath, and while we are not ourselves religious,
we think that the best way to do something free and immediate for this
planet is to do Nothing. Once a week. This blog is about doing: Nothing."

Welcome
and tell us about how you are helping the planet by doing LESS, not
making some new thing or some old thing some new way. One day a week
let’s not make stuffJanuary 2007, I and my family decided to try to power down for one
day a week. We would give our appliances and lights a rest, and spend a
relatively quiet day as a family. We were motivated by a desire to do
something about climate change that would be simple, free, and readily
available to anyone.

It would be an ecological practice and a spiritual practice.

Since
ancient times, those who observe the Sabbath or other holy days have
refrained from working, using electricity, using money, and/or driving.
We think there’s something to be learned from that practice.

If the entire U.S. gave power a day off once a week, how much would we save?