The Earth Hour Campaign

"Switch Off on 28th March for Healthy Earth." 2009 is a critical year for action on climate change, with the world's leaders meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December to sign a new deal to supersede the Kyoto Protocol. Supported by




Euro countries and More details -> http://www.earthhour.org/home/

I am writing this after the period 8:30 – 9:30 pm is already over. I had expected a total blackout of the city. But it was not much different. The reason I could find soon. I myself tried to put off all the lights, but after a while, it didn’t seem feasible and wise too. There were many works hindered by it, and lighting candles would not have provided the solution either. As per the facts, lighting candles would cost more in totality. Also, the total energy saved by this exercise in whole one day is equivalent to that saved by whole China in six seconds.

Anyway, the purpose of the whole campaign is not to save energy but to highlight its importance. In our lives, there are many things which we earmark as the to-do things, because they have been deemed right by tradition or theory. But as a result, unfortunately, we miss out on many other important things too which are yet to achieve our acceptance. Environmental preservation is one of them. On second thoughts, everyone considers it ultra significant, but somehow is not able to make it his first-hand habit. Not a blatant mistake, but just oblivion or indifference because of the lack of exposure to it.

Today’s endeavour is a wonderful step in the direction of enlightening everyone.