EG of Earthlingorgeous posted about this, then saw it in Chuvaness, then at Makoy’s The Certified Pinoy Blogger. To tell you the truth, I don’t know anything about it. Upon reading about it on EG’s I searched a little and understood a little. I know a lot of us does not fully understand it (my hubby too..) and so I will try to shed some light.. err.. convince you to turn your lights off on the EARTH HOUR..
The tag lines on this campaign is: VOTE FOR EARTH or the first Global Election..kinda weird huh.. yeah i was really weirded out when I first saw the tag lines..Vote for what? against what?
Well it seems that this year’s Earth Hour as been transformed as the first Global Election,and the two competing party is EARTH and Global warming. On the last Saturday of March at 8:30 PM,local time, turn off your light if you are in favor of Earth. This campaign aims to have a billion vote for Earth. The 1 billion vote for Earth will be presented in the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009.A conference of world leaders, where one of the objectives is to decide weather to take action against global warming.
EARTH HOUR started in Sidney, Australia n 2007 where they turn off their switches for one hour, saving a lot of energy. The numbers of people participating has grown over the years. This year, EARTH HOUR is more than just saving energy, it is turned into SAVING OUR PLANET activity.
All those in favor of EARTH,
TURN IT OFF!
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i saw this in 2 Sm malls over the weekend. I was very curious. Thanks for the post! anything for our Mother Earth!
what about the digg pehpot? buy k naman ads ko hehe namilit 🙂
I participated on this event last year din now they are vouching for congress na. Something that the world leaders to enforce on their respective countries. Good luck to us. Let's all save the planet!
I am definitely switching off! We all should…I think our planet deserves to be saved!
aw.. ate peh.. buti nahabol ko.. so bale sa March 28 8:30pm? papatayin lang ang ilaw? eh mas malakas pa konsumo ng computer.. pati ba yun papatayin din? I know it's a silly question, but I'm serious. thanks!
yeah, I think nagpatay kame ng ilaw last year.earth hour 2010 is approaching na ulit 😀
di ko tanda kung nag off kame wehehe
Every year, I join this event. 🙂