How many people participated in Earth Hour 2008?

Question

Total people in the world.

Answer 1

They can't calculate the exact number of individuals, because not everyone that participated signed up on their site.  Also, if one person signed up, they could also be involving their entire family or business organization.  

But, according to the site, "58 per cent of Australian adults in capital cities took part in the lights off campaign that started in Sydney last year and this year went global with more than 370 cities, towns and council areas taking part."

At the moment, their site shows about 299,762 people, and 20,709 businesses that signed up.  These numbers are constantly going up.

For more info: http://www.earthhour.org/

Answer 2

I turned on every light in my house, ran the A/C down to minus 40 degrees, played my stereo loud, while the TV was on.

I also started my cars and my lawnmower and left them running for the whole hour.

Answer 3

no idea how many participated, but my family was one. It is said it only starts with one right! Great idea, it did make a difference. Congrats to all those who where aware of the hour and conserved.

Answer 4

i totally did and froze my butt of to cause no heater