Earth Hour 2009

To those who have not heard about Earth Hour, where have you been? It has been on the Internet, on television and radio for weeks.

Earth Hour as we all know, is when a city/nation/world switches their lights for 1 hour. It is a way for us to show that we are concerned about global warming.

Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007 when 2.2 million homes and business switched off their lights for one hour. In 2008 Earth Hour went global with 50 million people switching off their lights. Many cities participated. Iconic landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome's Colosseum and Sydney's Opera House switched off their lights and stood in the darkness for one hour.

This year a target of 1 billion people has been set. It is expected that Earth Hour 2009 will be much global than the previous 2 years. Earth Hour has transformed into a worldwide global elections. Earth vs Global Warming. Election rules are simple. Switch off your lights if you vote for Earth, leave them on if you vote for Global Warming. Not a tough choice if you ask me. I vote Earth. =)

I found out that over 74 countries and territories have pledged their support to VOTE EARTH during Earth Hour 2009, and this number is growing everyday. What will you be doing this Saturday?

There is a whole list of things you could do in the dark. Admire the night sky, look for stars normally hidden by artificial lights, share ghost stories, camp out in the dark, enjoy darkness not caused by a TNB blackout, go somewhere high and watch your city vote Earth, organise a pro-Earth party with your friends and the list goes on. Seriously, when was the last time you looked up at a dark starry night and enjoyed the beautiful star lit sky? 5 years? 10 years? Too long to remember? In our hectic lives today, we fail to enjoy the beauty that is around us. Take this opportunity to enjoy what we have taken for granted. Feast your soul on the beauty that we have for so long masked with our man-made "light".

I will be going up to Gasing Hill with my family to watch PJ go "black". haha Hopefully there will be enough people voting Earth to see the effect. Even if there isn't. it will still be a good opportunity to spend some time with my family. =)

So do the right thing. This Saturday, shut off your light and join in a worldwide call for the preservation of our mother planet. Earth Hour 2009 in Malaysia will be from 8.30-9.30 pm on Satyrday 28th March 2009. Vote Earth. Want to know more? Just search Earth Hour 2009. It's all over the Internet.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=100637&id=752639125&ref=nf#/group.php?gid=54175421409&ref=ts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Hour
http://www.earthhour.org/news/my:en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CRs-7lRlPo