Lights Out

Yes, it's another Earth Hour post...maybe one of them which you have read in many other blogs...well, it's the thing that's happening now...and it's the first time it's going global and being observed in Malaysia...

Some pics of Earth Hour being observe from all over the world...

Toronto, Canada

Canberra

Detroit, USA

Colosseum, Italy

Perth

Sydney

Opera House, Sydney

Burj al-Arab, UAE

Participants(anyone who would volunteer to flip the switch off) are suppose switch off lights and all other electronic equipments from 8.30-9.30 local time, wherever you might be...

This is to end a strong message to the world for the realisation of the ever-increasing effects of global warming...of course switching off your lights for one hour on just one night won't even put a slight dent on greeenhouse gas emission, but hopefully people will start saving on energy consumption in the future just like what happened during Earth Hour (well, you don't have to turn off all the lights... just at least try to turn off any unused electric appliances, which will save some money on electric bills also right?)...and hopefully Earth Hour will encourage efforts to cut emission of greenhouse gases and get nations around the world to sign the Kyoto Protocol other agreements of the like in the future... Imagine earth heating up and icecaps melting, flooding, erratic weather, etc....guess you know the facts already...

My family didn't participate...because my dad wanted to watch tv...so in the end the hall lights were left on...but the room lights and porch light were turned off...

I saw some other nearby houses totally in darkness too...glad that people actually care about this...

Not too bad, at least some lights were out...

~The Lord provides the sun for light by day, the moon and the stars to shine at night. He stirs up the sea and makes it roar; his name is the Lord Almighty ---Jeremiah 31:35~