Saturday March 28, 2009 was Earth Hour. By all accounts around the world it was a great success. I was one of the 2.2 million people and businesses around the world that turned the lights off from the hours of 20:30 hrs to 21:30 hrs. The idea behind it is a silent protest to create public pressure to influence a meeting in Copenhagen later this year to seek a new climate treaty.
According to the BBC world service over 3400 cities around the world turned off their lights for the hour. Everything from the Opera House in Sydney, the Financial District in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Bangkok, Greece, Pairs, New York, and here in London. In today’s day and age, governments are not doing enough to tackle the problem of climate change, it has been known that we have a problem with our climate and they have not done a damn think about it until now. This problem should of been tackle over 5 years ago or a start should of been made.
I find it most offending that some critics dismissed Earth Hour as a gimmick. I would say to them “Well Just fuck off then.” If 2.2 million people around the world have done this one thing without being asked or told, what’s your problem. “Us” as people have the strong voice when it comes to wanting to get things done by the government, all we need to do is use our voice, and in this case we haven’t yet. I do find it amazing that being this is only the 3rd year that Earth Hour has happened and such a large number of people choose to take part, that send a clear message to everyone that we are worried about this problem and are willing to use every means possible to do something about it.
Being that this is not something that happens very often, I when into London to take a few photo’s of our own National Landmarks in darkness. Below you have a before and after shot of the Houses of Parliament , Big Ben, and The London Eye, in darkness. I have also taken a few photo’s of Big Ben with the light’s coming back on. I hope you like them. It was one of the most amazing things I have seen in such a long time. Number 10 also had it’s light turned off, but due to it being Number 10 the old bill wouldn’t let me take a photo in with the lights off. Assholes!!!
Here is the link for the photos enjoy!!
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