In keeping with my tradition of blogging about Earth Hour, here follows my lesson from this year.
Another year, another Earth Hour.
I've got lots to complain about this time around though. The goal of Earth Hour is to motivate, educate and aware people about the various harms that we are bringing to our beloved planet and the little ways we can make a difference to this world.
In order to do this, they need to market their initiative as well as they could. But doing so, they should have kept in mind less energy wasting methods.
In Delhi, people were invited to India Gate to watch Euphoria's concert during the Hour. They wanted people to print out their posters for a free entry to the concert plus mentioned that the stage will be all lit up with candles. They did not however mentioned that there were many microphones, generators and big screens installed. Plus, the numerous media vans that surrounded the venue.
In India, the youth is not really politically active. We just do what seems cool and what hundred others are doing. No questions asked, no answers given. Nobody talked about the adverse effects of million candled being lit up in that one single hour or petrol wastage by people roaming around the city. We just switched off the lights at home and hurt the environment another way.
it takes about 40 candles to produce the same amount of light as a 40 Watt light bulb and puts out a lot more CO2, so lighting candles during Earth Hour isn't exactly doing much for our greenhouse gas emissions. Although it is roughly carbon-neutral if you don't burn too many.
Basically, Earth Hour is about being grateful not only for mother nature but also for technology. By switching off lights for on hour, we learn how important it is to save energy so countless others who spend their lives in pitch dark can have some light at last.
Its also about realizing that united, mankind can face any challenge. If enough of us stand together to make this world a better place, we can Totally do it. So extend this Earth Hour and make the most of this knowledge.
To me, the whole idea of such causes is a crap. It doesnt really help. In any ways!
ReplyDeleteThe basic idea is to raise awareness. The toughest part is to make people follow the good way for as long as possible. Follow ups usually suck.
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