Option 1: Tell a story like in "Growing Pains"

How to spend an hour unplugged? Many readers first think of their families: talking together at night is a rare opportunity for elders and younger generations to get to know each other and for the family to enhance their relationship.

Reader Zhang Yujie sent an email saying: "This evening, I will lead the whole family, including my 3-year-old son, to turn off all the lighting equipment in the home, as well as all unnecessary electrical products such as computers. We lit candles on the carpet in the living room, imitating the Jetsons in "Growing Pains", and everyone took turns telling stories, so that we office workers could listen to the worries of our elders, and let the hard-working parents understand the pressure of our younger generation. The son can understand from ignorance that family reunion is the most important thing. Maybe he is still young, but it can leave a momentary impression on his young heart. This is enough."

Qiu Tian from Fudan University. The classmate also said in the plan: "The development of science and technology allows people to enjoy life while neglecting emotional communication. Everyone is limited to their own world, intentionally or unintentionally ignoring their loved ones around them. In this moment without lights, you might as well gather around with your family Sitting together, chatting about family life, listening to my grandpa talk about the secrets of fishing and catching shrimps when he was a child, listening to his father talking about the romance with his mother, listening to his children telling classic quotations from school teachers or interesting anecdotes in the workplace..."

Option 2: "Bake a cool breeze" and relive childhood games

On the summer solstice, some young readers thought of "cooling in the cool breeze" with their friends and replaying childhood games. Shen Jiayao from Fudan University suggested: “Invite a few friends to go to the green space or park to enjoy the cool air and chat. Modern people’s pace is too fast. In this dark hour, it may allow people to calm down and think, and pick up things that may be unknown. The friendship gradually cooled down without realizing it."

Reader Zheng Weibo, who calls himself a "new Shanghainese", said: "I am going to go out of the house and go to the ecological river in the community to light three floating candles and let the river flow slowly. Slow drifting... At that time, some owners will take their children for a walk or play, and may ask me what I am doing? I can say bluntly: I am participating in energy-saving activities, turning off the lights for one hour. The Wenchuan people on the road to heaven send light; the second one brings blessings to all living people; the third one ignites a deeper love for my wife and me."

Reader Lu Xiaoyan imagined playing the game again. Play a childhood game and feel nostalgic. "You can make an appointment with your former playmates in advance and experience your childhood again - eagles catching chickens, hide-and-seek, playing house... These are all programs that children often perform in summer evenings. How much fun did everyone have at that time? It’s exciting!”

Option 3: Spend good time alone in the dark

Enthusiastic reader Guan Yongxia told us: “My energy-saving idea is to divide this hour into three 20-minute periods. The first 20 minutes: I will lay out a yoga mat on the floor at home and practice yoga while exercising my body and mind. The second 20 minutes: I usually like to sing while standing in the living room. A few songs. The third 20 minutes: I will practice dance steps in the living room, because I have just started to learn dance, three steps, four steps, rumba, cha cha, etc. Although there is no dance music, I will practice dance steps in the dark. You can go with your feelings. I’m afraid these 20 minutes are not enough!”

Option 4: Start a “Story Grandma Competition” with your neighbors

Many Morning News readers have expressed their hope. During this hour, you can get together with your neighbors in the community and jointly respond to the lights-out activity. Reader Gao Ming wrote in his plan that he hoped to use DV to record the moment when the lights were turned off in the building on that day, and to make some special stickers for his son and other children to put on them in response to "Don't interrupt." One hour of electricity" on the chests of residents. They also use cameras to capture precious shots of children enthusiastically participating in activities and make them into CDs.

The Youth League Branch of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd., which had participated in the Morning Post environmental bag creative solicitation activity, sent their ideas again this time. Yang Ziwei wrote in the plan that if it doesn't rain that day, he hopes to gather 36 neighbors in the unit building where he rents to gather in the open space downstairs and hold a fun competition. The first project will be the "Story Grandma Competition", which is open to all women over the age of 55 in the building. Each "grandma" contestant told all the residents an interesting incident that happened when they did not use plastic bags for shopping. Each story is limited to 10 minutes, and residents under the age of 18 in the building will vote to decide which contestant wins. The second project is the "Close to Nature" singer competition. The recommended tracks include "Spring Story", "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau", children's songs "Little Frog Looking for a Home", "Counting Ducks", etc. The purpose is to tell children the importance of protecting the environment. .

How much electricity can be saved by not plugging in the power for one hour? Reader Shi Liping was about to go out of her house after turning off the lights, and looked at the electricity meter to record the electricity consumption of her neighbor's house on the same floor. Wait an hour and record it again, and calculate the electricity consumption and tell the neighbors so that they can understand the electricity consumption at home and call on them to save electricity.

In Shouxiangfang in Xuhui District, neighborhood committee cadre Jiang Meigui hung up a blackboard calling on everyone to participate in the lights-out activity yesterday. Residents were happy to respond, she told reporters. Considering everyone's schedule, she planned to hold the lights-out event in the community from 7:30 to 8:30 pm.

"At that time, I plan to turn off a few street lights and light some candles in the small garden without affecting the safety of residents." She said: "A choir composed of more than 30 residents will perform songs for everyone. Performance."

Option 5: Turn off the lights at the wedding and let the guests have wedding drinks in the dark

This summer solstice is a special day for Taiwanese young man Zhang Yangqian: he will be in Hong Kong with girlfriend gets married. That night, many well-known buildings on both sides of Victoria Harbor will not light up. How will Zhang Yangqian arrange his wedding? "I learned about global warming in the UK and knew that if humans don't take action, they will soon be as endangered as polar bears, so I will turn off the lights for half an hour at the wedding banquet to respond to this event," he said.

Zhang Yangqian sent us his "lights-out plan": "A wedding banquet is nothing but water, welcomes and farewells, and cross-fertilization. How can it be carried out without turning on the lights? I once I also questioned myself, but in the end I came up with three reasons to set the tone for the lights-off wedding. First, the lights will be turned off for only half an hour. During this time, the guests only need to concentrate on watching the performance on the stage. This also allows relatives and friends on both sides to take a break after commenting on the new couple, and lend us their ears to listen to more nutritious content.

Finally, I have planned to buy carbon sinks to neutralize the carbon footprint of my wedding banquet. Turning off the lights for half an hour can save a lot of electricity and carbon emissions, allowing me to save more money as a fund to buy milk powder and diapers. !"