Gone to the Dogs
Take a cue from these dogs and cats. Shut off your lights for Earth Hour tonight from 830-930 PM. Or longer.
60+:Earth Hour 2011
Earth Hour is this Saturday, the 26th of March. Lights out at 830 PM, local time. This year, the challenge is for participants to go beyond the hour and commit to a sustainable way of life on a day to day basis.
Earth Hour 2010 in the Philippines is done

Earth Hour 2010
Earth Hour is upon us! Lights off this Saturday, 27 March from 830 to 930 PM, earthlings!
Earth Hour in the Philippines is done!
So maybe I didn’t get to properly do Earth Hour because I was on the road and on my way home, but it was ever a surprise to see that our mother sorta, kinda observed it; she lit candles and only had an electric fan on because it’s scorching, and she left a light on downstairs so I don’t fall on my face and break all my teeth going in the house. Our clocks at home must be running a few minutes ahead, because when we turned on the TV, the Earth Hour events all over the country were just getting ready to switch on the lights.
Now that right there is my problem. Earth Hour events? People gathering together in brightly-lit places prior to Earth Hour? Broadcasting during the supposed switch-off hour and updating viewers on Earth Hour events in the rest of the Philippines, then keeping up energy-sapping coverage once the lights have been turned back on? Seems like an odd exercise to me.
All in all, it seems like Earth Hour was more widely observed this year, with the cities of Baguio, Cebu, Iloilo, among others, taking part.
Lights Off!
Earth Hour is tonight at 830 PM.
Earth Hour in Manila
On my drive from Quezon City to Manila yesterday, I discovered that there were posters a-plenty advertising Earth Hour on March 28. It was a surprise, especially because Earth Hour hasn’t been seriously observed here, so it’s good that people will be more aware of it. On the other hand, maybe the Metro Manila Development Authority, which proclaims that it “has the energy to support Earth Hour,” should’ve been more sensitive to the environment by, oh, I don’t know, not using too many of those posters.