I have been trying this on Sundays...it's very peaceful.   and it's green! internet usage represents 9.4% of total US electricity consumption per year. mb

It's hard to imagine that just ten years or so ago, people were trying to decide if they really needed a cell phone. now, we have facebook, ipads, twitter, is it possible to unplug?

take a break from logging-on, updating, or compulsively checking your status and have a time-out one day a week.  Turn off, tune in, reboot.  Learn what it feels like to walk down the street with nothing in your hands.

A Provisional Guide for Observing a Weekly Day of Rest

What is this?

a creative project designed to slow
down lives in an increasingly
hectic world.

Ready to take the unplug challenge? We have teamed up with Causes.com to create an Unplugging Pledge that asks people to take a tech detox for the 2012 National Day of Unplugging, sundown March 23-sundown March 24. Take the pledge on Causes.com and then easily share it with friends and family through Facebook, Twitter and e-mail. www.causes.com/unplug

We’ve created 10 core principles completely open for your unique interpretation. We welcome you to join us as we carve a weekly timeout into our lives and to continue the momentum of the National Day of Unplugging throughout the year.
Reboot also took the unplugging movement to the most plugged-in place on the planet­the South by Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, TX! At a technology-free panel, “Tech Detox: Can You Survive a Day Without Technology?” on March 11, SXSW participants heard industry leaders, entrepreneurs and tech titans share their secrets (and struggles) of unplugging, and how they’re given more power in their day-to-day lives by creating sacred “no connection” time regularly. More details here.

Then, we set the RecordSetter.com world record for the most people to shut off their cell phones at once with 147 people who are normally ultra- connected to their devices powering down simultaneously at SXSWi’s First-Ever Unplugged Party at The Lodge in Austin.



The Second Annual National Day of Unplugging was a huge success. See what CNN, the New York Times, All Things D and the San Francisco Chronicle are saying about it.

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National Day of Unplugging 2012

Take the pledge on Causes.com and then easily share it with friends and family through Facebook, Twitter and e-mail. http://www.causes.com/unplugpledge

Reboot also took the unplugging movement to the most plugged-in place on the planet­the South by Southwest Interactive festival in Austin, TX!



At a technology-free panel, “Tech Detox: Can You Survive a Day Without Technology?” March 11, SXSW participants heard industry leaders, entrepreneurs and tech titans share their secrets (and struggles) of unplugging, and how they’re given more power in their day-to-day lives by creating sacred “no connection” time regularly. More details here .

Then, hundreds of people who are normally ultra connected to their devices powered down at SXSWi’s First-Ever Unplugged Party at The Lodge in Austin and helped to set a RecordSetter.com world record for the most people to shut off their cell phones at once.



Learn more about this year’s “Unplug and Eat Together” campaign in partnership with Slow Food USA and Hazon here: http://www.sabbathmanifesto.org/unplug-and-eat-together/.

 
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