Earth Hour

Dear family and friends, this Saturday (28th of March 2009) will be the annual grand event, The Earth Hour organized by "Earth Hour" along with "WWF" . On this particular day, millions of people around the globe will unite for one hour and switch off their lights to show that they care about our living planet.  62 countries including Malaysia (first-timer) have committed to participate in this memorable event. Even our Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi has given his support towards the participation.  

The campaign hopes to gain support from more than one billion people in 1000 over cities, persuading individuals and governments to switch off their light in that one hour. The cities which are committed to this campaign includes Los Angeles, Las Vegas, London, Hong Kong, Sydney, Manila, Rome, Singapore, Istanbul, Mexico City, Dubai, Copenhagen and more. Even World Heritage Sites and The Seven Wonders of the World are taking part in this event. The Great Pyramids of Giza (Egypt) are going to switch off their lights, Acropolis (Athens) are casting their votes by switching off all lights, The Empire State Building (US), The Big Ben (London), Petronas Twin Tower are also joining the list of marvels in taking part The Earth Hour. 

The Year 2009 is a crucial year in terms of political decisions that will be made at global climate negotiations which will be held in December 2009. Earth Hour aims to represent the voice of the people around the world for meaningful policy on climate change as the outcome of the negotiations.

As a conclusion, I beg each and every of you to switch off your lights (electrical appliances, if possible) from 8.30pm to 9.30pm on the 28th of March 2009 (this coming Saturday, from the date this post was posted). With everyone switching off their light and electrical appliances, a large sum of money and electricity can be saved. One individual can make a little difference but all of us can make a huge difference!

So please cast your vote for Earth Hour 2009 and for the sake of the Earth.  Your light switch is your vote! 

p.s: For gamers, please switch off your computers (I mean shut down, not hibernate or sleep                    mode). For desktop computers, they use up twice the electricity of your refrigerator and PS3            uses up 3 times the electricity of your washing machine.