Campus may have seemed darker than usual Saturday night as hundreds of students turned off their lights for 60 minutes to participate in Earth Hour.
Earth Hour is a global event held annually to raise awareness about the need to take action against climate change.
The Ball State Energy Awareness Team, a new organization created to bring awareness to campus about energy consumption, has helped to bring Earth Hour to Ball State for the first time.
BEAT challenged the Ball State community, specifically residence halls, to participate in Earth Hour this Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
Earth Hour was organized by the World Wildlife Fund and began in Sydney in 2007. Nicole Walcott, BEAT team member, said participation has grown each year since it started.
According to myearthhour.org, nearly one billion people participated in Earth Hour 2009, which involved 4,100 cities in 87 countries on seven continents.
Walcott said the team hoped to get as many participants as possible for Saturday night; however, BEAT would not be able to detect how much this event will reduce energy usage on campus.
"Earth Hour is more of a symbolic approach," she said, "We will monitor the success of the event based on the feedback we receive from the participants."
Anca Topliceanu, BEAT team member, said the team brought Earth Hour to Ball State to make people sensitive to energy consumption on campus. Topliceanu said BEAT targeted residence halls to get students involved in the event.
The team advertised the event through Facebook and by posting fliers and posters throughout campus.
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