If you haven't noticed all the Earth Hour hoo-ha going around, where have you been??

I'll have to say kudos to WWF for organizing this global event yet again - this is the 3rd year running for Earth Hour and I'm sure it took a lot of effort and hard work for those involved to pull this event together.

BUT.

What is 1 hour compared to the other 8759 hours of the year?

Earth Hour was being used as an "election" between Earth and global warming. I really don't get it. The target was to get 1 billion votes (by switching off your lights, or you could leave them on as a vote for global warming) to be presented to the world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. But I think we all should already know how bad our global warming situation is.

1 hour is not enough for any significant decline in the global electricity consumption. Is it really necessary to spend all that money on advertising? All that moolah could have been used for other more useful purposes, like.. Replacing the current light bulbs with energy-saving ones perhaps?

Anyway, my point is: Switching off your lights from 8.30pm to 9.30pm every last Saturday of March is not enough to make a difference. You can feel good about having "sacrificed" one hour in this battle against climate change in unity with the rest of the world, but what really should be conveyed to the world is to practice the habit of switching off all lights & electrical appliances whenever possible every day instead.

What our earth needs is real change, and that isn't going to happen overnight - and it will certainly take more than just an hour every year.

If you haven't noticed all the Earth Hour hoo-ha going around, where have you been??

I'll have to say kudos to WWF for organizing this global event yet again - this is the 3rd year running for Earth Hour and I'm sure it took a lot of effort and hard work for those involved to pull this event together.

BUT.

What is 1 hour compared to the other 8759 hours of the year?

Earth Hour was being used as an "election" between Earth and global warming. I really don't get it. The target was to get 1 billion votes (by switching off your lights, or you could leave them on as a vote for global warming) to be presented to the world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. But I think we all should already know how bad our global warming situation is.

1 hour is not enough for any significant decline in the global electricity consumption. Is it really necessary to spend all that money on advertising? All that moolah could have been used for other more useful purposes, like.. Replacing the current light bulbs with energy-saving ones perhaps?

Anyway, my point is: Switching off your lights from 8.30pm to 9.30pm every last Saturday of March is not enough to make a difference. You can feel good about having "sacrificed" one hour in this battle against climate change in unity with the rest of the world, but what really should be conveyed to the world is to practice the habit of switching off all lights & electrical appliances whenever possible every day instead.

What our earth needs is real change, and that isn't going to happen overnight - and it will certainly take more than just an hour every year.