Tonight,
from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., it's time to turn off our lights and
celebrate Earth Hour.
Check
out the official website and this earlier post.
Also:
Today
is Freedom Day in Malta
When
British troops and the Royal Navy left Malta on this day in 1979, it
was finally fully independent for the first time in thousands of
years! This island nation is positioned in the Mediterranean Sea
between Sicily and Italy and Africa. Of course, that location is the
reason the island were taken over by empire after empire, from
Phoenicians and Greeks to Romans and Arabs, from Normans and Hapsburg
Spain to French and British navies.
Surrounded
by the sea, with mild winters and warm summers, Malta is quite
naturally a hot spot for tourists, and there are three times more
tourists each year than there are residents. Film production in the
nation is a growing part of the economy, and shipping and limestone
are other pieces of the economic pie. As you can imagine, with so
many empires struggling to control Malta, there are some amazing
historic sites, including the Megalithic Temples, which are some of
the oldest free-standing structures in the entire world.
This slide show REALLY makes me want to go to Malta! How about you? 
If
you do ever go to Malta, you might want to do some diving. Check out
this video!
Also
on this date:
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