An hour for Earth

Juan Miranda
Sat, March 28
3:25pm


Beginning at 8:30pm today the world is supposed to turn off the lights for the Earth hour, “an annual international event to raise awareness of climate change.” This event that is promoted by the WWF has already begun in places like Australia due to the planet’s different time zones. It is estimated that about 90 countries from all twenty-four time zones are taking part in this and hopefully more will join. This is very important because it serves to teach a lesson, people tend to believe that because the world is so big and a person is so small, they feel like its impossible for them to make a difference. The truth is that just by turning the lights for one hour of the 365 days of the year, they can have such a positive impact in the environment. The mission of this event is to inform people about the global warming issue as well as to promote action and inspire people to strive for change. The even started in 2007, just with Sydney and it went global, and today a big portion of the world wants to get involved. “As the hour approached, many counted down the seconds, then, when the world blinked out, they cheered and gasped as they would at New Year’s Eve fireworks. The floodlights snapped off on the Harbour Bridge, Anzac Bridge, Opera House and other landmarks, and lights went out in public buildings, commercial towers and apartment blocks throughout the city.” I believe this is great. Im taking part in it myself, the world can learn so much from just doing this from an hour, hopefully it will carry on and it will be inscribed in our brains so that we do it everyday and with this help heal our planet.

http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/03/28/turn-out-the-lights-not-everyones-on-board-earth-hour/