I bet you have seen this logo lately in the mainstream papers if not on the net. Yes, this is the official logo for the coming 2009 Earth Hour which is an annual international event created by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund),that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. It was started in Australia in 2007, and achieved worldwide participation in 2008.

Earth Hour will next take place on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm, local time. Currently, 80 countries and 750 cities are ‘committed to Earth Hour 2009′, a huge increase from people participating in 35 countries for Earth Hour 2008. 1 billion ‘votes’ is the stated aim for Earth Hour 2009, in the context of the pivotal 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The earth revolves around the sun once every year (by definition). During that time, there are about 8765.8 hours. One hour is equivalent to 0.011% of the entire year. Yes, that right. You can lower your CO2 emissions by just 0.011% in only an hour! Woop-de-doo.

As lots of people are asking what they can do during this 60 minutes without light! Following are my suggestions:

1. Write to Talkkok.wordpress.com by replying to this post and tell him if you shut off any light. He will pray for you for 2 hours, extra 1 hour!

2. Don’t forget fitness. Practise naked yoga. Best form of it which you can’t do it in daylight!

3. Date the girl or boy out,then during the hour, tell her or him your feelings …..this is already 50% successful,but make sure no mosquitoes around.

4. Gather family & friends for a night picnic in your local parks like Bukit China or Jelutong cemetery!

5. Enjoy a family dinner by candlelight but without lighting up the candles as this contribute to Co2 emission!

6. Organise a treasure hunt in the dark.

7. Sit in the dark and share stories ,preferably ghost stories!

8. Share a romantic night in with your loved one

9. Donate the savings from turning off the light to charitable house or community saviour like talk kok.com.

I sincerely hope that you will participate in this world wide effort to raise the awareness on the worsening global warming!. TQ