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🕯️ Community energy-free hours
A regularly held community period (e.g. one evening a week, or a monthly "Earth Hour"-style event) where participants deliberately switch off power-consuming devices and organize an energy-free community activity instead.
When should you do this?
Can start any time, but especially atmospheric during the darker winter months
What will you need?
- A candle or solar lamp for safe lighting
- Board games or musical instruments for the energy-free activity
- A communication channel to announce the event
- A power meter to compare before and after (optional)
How to get started?
- Pick a regular slot, e.g. the first Saturday evening of every month.
- Announce it in the neighborhood or community, and get confirmation from participants.
- Before it starts, switch off every non-essential electrical device.
- Organize an energy-free shared activity: conversation, acoustic music, board games by candlelight, stargazing.
- If possible, measure the drop in consumption over those hours.
- Afterward, share the experience and photos on the community feed.
- Consider gradually increasing how often you do it.
Useful tips
- For safety, use an LED or solar lamp instead of an open flame if children are taking part.
- Never switch off safety- or health-critical equipment.
Ready? Start a community energy-free hours project, or join one already running near you.