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 on the need to take action on climate change.
The Ball State Energy Awareness Team, a new organization created to bring awareness to campus about energy consumption, helped to bring Earth Hour to Ball State for the first time.
BEAT challenged the Ball State University community, specifically residence halls, to participate in Earth Hour on Saturday at 8:30 p.m.
Nicole Walcott, BEAT team member, said the group passed out compact fluorescent lights Saturday night to students in residence halls and at Late Night. The lights are estimated to save $37 per month on an electric bill, Walcott said.
Tristen Comegys, freshman telecommunications major, spent an hour in the dark because she said raising awareness on campus is important.
Comegys said students in residence halls take for granted the energy they have because they don't pay individual bills for their usage.
Walcott said the event was a success for Ball State and was well received by the students. The team plans to bring Earth Hour to Ball State each year.
Earth Hour was organized by the World Wildlife Fund and began in Sydney in 2007 and has continued to grow ever since, Walcott said.
According to myearthhour.org, almost one billion people joined in to participate in Earth Hour 2010, which involved more than 120 countries on seven continents.
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