Earth Hour

Submitted by ricky.adiamond on Sat, 03/27/2010 - 3:44pm

Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth hour was conceived by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights.[1] Following Sydney's lead, many other cities around the world adopted the event in 2008.[2][3] Earth Hour 2010 will take place on March 27, 2010 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., local time.

EARTH HOUR

Submitted by Sweet Bikolana on Sat, 03/27/2010 - 10:03pm.

Well we have just finished observing Earth Hour by switching off all our lights and powering down all but the fridge freezer.
I am sorry to say that our neighbours did not appear to share the same motivation about making a statement in the name of our planet home. How widespread is this lack of awareness/concern/apathy on the island?
Were we alone in marking the event? Please tell the Forum if you cared enough to participate.