The earth hour has just ended. And atleast amongst friends I know, it was a success. Which is more than what I can say for the locality where I stay. I got to see, yet again, the complete passive, non-participatory response from the middle-class of new delhi. I stay in a neighbourhood of civil servants, scientists, doctors, professors etc. Some of the brightest, most educated and aware people in this country. And as has been the trend, their complete apathy came as no surprise to me. We had a whole bunch of kids screaming their lungs out, 'please turn off your lights!', 'help fight global warming' etc, (in hindi as well). But most of the stubborn idiots in my neighbourhood paid no heed. Delhi seriously lacks a social conscience.
On the other hand when our domestic help, Rama, saw us turning off the lights and bringing in the candles, she got super excited and ran off to tell her family to join in this global movement! And I realised it was a whole lot of fun!
It's sad that people who can actually begin making a change at their own level don't take the initiative. And we have general elections coming up soon enough, I dont even want to think about the voter turn-out for that.
Anyhow the weather in delhi today evening made this earth hour super sexy! We had crazy rain, thunder, lightning, strong winds..and that amazing geeli mitti ki khushboo!
Pics from my earth hour will follow soon!
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Showing posts with label Earth Hour. Show all posts
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Earth Hour 2009
All right, time to 'Vote Earth'. Earth Hour 2009 is aiming at a goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights on March 28th 2009 from 8.30pm to 9.30 pm in their respective local times as part of a global vote reflecting efforts towards combating climate change. This is a classic example of the times of globalisation. The problem of climate change is global in nature. The concerned actors (governments, communities, businesses) affected are also no longer differentiated by traditional geographical boundaries. The mode of action (in this case) has the use of the internet to spread the message across nations and nationalities...it's really amazing in that sense.
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