Earth Hour is no excuse to be environmentally conscious

On Saturday we had yet another Earth Hour. it's the hour of the year where you are meant to unplug appliances that aren't  being used and turn off the lights. Although in several buildings of the City of Edmonton the lights were turned off the electricity usage in Edmonton went up by 1% during Earth hour. There was a hockey game at Rexall Place! Apparently Earth Hour does not work when certain sports events are on. To me, it simply proves what happens everyday everywhere over and over again - people make up excuses! There is an excuse for just about anything if you don't want to do it, no matter if it's out of laziness or a "good" reason. We all make up excuses as we go along, don't we. But if many people can't even suck it up for an hour, how are they ever meant to change the way they live?