Every year, the non-governmental organisation WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature - promotes the Earth Hour, a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries/territories participating. Its purpose is very simple: calling our attention to the need of confronting climate change, a reality which has worried not only specialists, but also conscious ordinary people all over the planet. To take part, you just need to turn your lights off for an hour. Simple as that. Check this year's video invitation here (it's cute!).
The thing is, such action is just the beginning; the real commitment (I'd say fun!) is going beyond it. What about replacing all the light bulbs in our homes with energy efficient lighting? Do we take into consideration the energy spending schedule before buying a domestic appliance? Let's stop accepting plastic bags! Start following the Reduce - Reuse - Recycle concept! Promote and try to encourage the environmentally friendly behaviour among our friends and acquaintances!
These are just some of the things we can do, I dare say, we MUST do, so as to preserve our planet, especially when, most of the times, preserving the planet means protecting it from ourselves...
So, do you intend to follow this year's Earth Hour (March 26 - 8:30 p.m.)? What do you intend to do beyond the hour? Can you make a pledge? Let's share!
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Sabrina
Hi, Sabrina!!!
ReplyDeleteI intend to be on line , participating of this movimment about climatics changes in the world.It´s now or never.Rio de Janeiro will be the brasilian heardquaker´s campaigne,which propose the turn off lights next saturday, from 20h30m to 21h.30m.In Brazil, are mobilized 42 municipal districtis for this event.
Good luck for all.
That's good to hear, Leo. I'm absolutely taking part as well. Last year, Bruno and I went to a restaurant and had dinner candlelit. It was so romantic!
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