WWF is organizing the "Earth Hour" on march 28 2009, where it requests everyone to turn off their lights for one hour.It believes this will show the world leaders the commitment of people around the world towards saving Earth from global warming.
"75 countries including India have committed to participate in WWF’s Earth Hour in 2009. The campaign, which hopes to reach out to more than one billion people in 1000 cities around the world, encourage individuals, businesses and governments to switch off lights for just one hour on Saturday March 28, 2009 at 8:30pm to convey their support for action on climate change. 538 cities already committed, and double the number of countries that participated in 2008.Cities already committed to Earth Hour include Los Angeles, Las Vegas, London, Hong Kong, Sydney, Rome, Manila, Oslo, Cape Town, Warsaw, Lisbon, Singapore, Istanbul, Mexico City, Toronto, Dubai and Copenhagen.
2009 is a critical year in terms of the political decisions that will be made at global climate negotiations in December 2009. Earth Hour, aims to highlight the voice of the people of the world and represent a visual mandate for meaningful policy on climate change."
In India, Mumbai and Delhi will participate in the earthhour The campaign was launched in Mumbai during the Chemical Engineering festival of IIT-Bombay - ‘Azeotropy 09. Although WWF has garnered support from the government and corporates it also encourages people to take self initiatives to form groups and participate in Earthhour in their neighborhoods. I hope people will join the campaign for Aamir khan if not for Mother Earth.
Good initiative but if the idea is to reduce the carbon footprint what is the idea of having a candle?
ReplyDeleteI really liked the idea of the earth hour.
ReplyDeleteWe citizens of metropolitans are completely dependent on electricity. let's see how this earth hour would implemented....