Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. – Carl Sagan
A couple of days ago a commenter invited me to join and spread the word regarding our inter-galactic ship named “IGS Earth”. It’s a “green” project; educating us, not only of our limited energy resources, but pushing as well the understanding of the delicate balance of nature, conservation and recycling. To “celebrate” it or mark its “awareness”, Earth Hour was conceived.
Therefore, on Saturday, March 27 at 8:30 pm (Saudi Arabian Time), let’s commemorate it by turning off unnecessary lights and appliances for one hour. That means we’ll have a candle light dinner (isn’t that romantic) and you’re going to miss an episode of your favorite pinoy soap.
But that “sacrifice” is miniscule compared to what’s in store if we all join in. Imagine what will happen if less light is reflected on the sky. We’ll see the night sky in its natural state just like this:
The universe in its entire splendor; calm, beautiful and mysterious. Miles away ahead compared to this:
So on Saturday night, let’s watch and dance with the stars as they waltzes across the sky while the crickets played in the background a Strauss concerto.
Images were taken from the net. I forgot who owned it but would like to thanks him/her anyway.
i do prefer seeing the first one.
ReplyDeletetwo photos are beautiful but the difference is one is naturally made (God's hand) and the other is man made. I get tired looking of the man made evening lights, but the top photo, it is refreshing because for me it has life, the photo below is dead.
ReplyDeleteMaganda pa rin ang natural ang dating.
Lawstude, me too. A reminiscence of what's life before in the province. : )
ReplyDeleteFrancesca, when it comes to manufacturing, man is still far behind in duplicating what nature has created.
anong oras kaya yan at graduation namin. Pihadong ang lakas namin sa koryente at ilaw na ilaw pa lang malaki na ang konsumo.
ReplyDeletei remember home on the first photo... calm :)
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing... gonna join to :)
join ako dyan kahit 8 hours patay ang ilaw ok lang kasi 2:30am dito yang 8:30 Saudi time e hehehe at nag-iisnow pa dito kaya maliwanag pa rin ang paligid hehehe, yun pictures ang ganda ng kuha
ReplyDeleteMaraming salamat po, for taking interest for posting this on your blog, and for reaching out to your readers.
ReplyDeleteKung meron po sa kanila na nasa Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, at gusto po nilang ma-feature ang mga photos, articles or links nila, we are working on compiling them for our official website, which is coming soon po.
Our temporary blogsite is
http://earthhourjeddah.blogspot.com
Thank you po!
P.S. We have added your blog to our list of participants. Thank you!
http://earthhourjeddah.blogspot.com/p/participating-businesses.html
Ka Rolly, tapos na ang graduation nyo! 5 hours ahead ang Philippines eh. Kaya mga 1:30AM na dyan sa atin.
ReplyDeleteAzel, oo, lalo na dyan sa inyo na masarap pa ang simoy ng hangin at walang pollution.
Sardz, hehehe, sa palagay ko sa lamig, mahimbing pa rin ang tulog mo. Parang mantika.
ReplyDeleteDiana, de nada. Just doing my share and responsibility as a citizen of earth. : )
ako rin, sali ako. kahiya pag ako lang ang may ilaw. besides, laging blackout so, might as well do my bit.
ReplyDeleteatticus, LOL! permanent member na ata ang pinas ng Earth Hour, especially ang mga taga Mindanao! >: D
ReplyDeleteGanyan, tulad ng unang larawan ang pangitain doon sa probinsya namin. Sa gabi, nakahiga ako sa baybay at minamasid ang langit na puno ng bituin at dumadaang bulalakaw, napagiispan kung saan ang tutunguhan nito. Bumabalik tuloy ang mga ala-ala ng nakaraang kasiyahan ng kabataan.
ReplyDeleteI'm in!!!
ReplyDeleteWe've been having 12 hours of earth hours daily since February, i vote for the earth, but isn't it too much?
ReplyDeleteMK, oo, probinsyang-probinsya ang dating ng larawan. Salamat sa pag daan.
ReplyDeletebertN, thanks for joining.
sheng, hinde kaya "artificial" yang brown-out sa inyo? Preparation para sa election. : (
wasnt able to participate.
ReplyDeletei am not so much a lover of artificial lights. it can be nice one moment but not all the time. how glorious still to watch a star-covered sky.
we did participate but not in moa as we did it last year this time somewhere. it's good to see more and more bloggers supporting.
ReplyDeleteang nakita ko lang na nagparticipate sa Earth Hour dito sa Al-Khobar is the IKEA store.but the other malls didnt seem to care.
ReplyDeletebing, the first pic is like in our hometown. Para pang mga kulisap ang mga bituin sa kalangitan, lalo na sa dalampasigan.
ReplyDeletedonG, it means a lot are now aware of what's happening to our planet.
Theo, as I expected, hinde pa nila pinahalagahan ang ganito dahil mura pa sa tingin nila. Mauubos din yan.
Didn't feel it here in the Eastern Province. I made a mental note of it pero nakalimutan ko rin dahil I expected that lights will be turned off for an hour last Saturday. Kaso walang nangyari. So I totally forgot about it.
ReplyDeletesinubukan ko rin dito sa kuwait! pinagmasdan sa madaling araw, kaya lang maliwanag talaga at maliwanag pa sa sikat ng araw ang mga ilaw sa lupang buhangin... siguro dahil mura lang ang bayad sa kuryente.
ReplyDeletemusta na pards!
nmiss kita ah, pakiss nga! he he he
Nebz, ganun din dito sa Riyadh. Nasa rooftop ako't pinagmamasdan ang paligid. Siguro talagang walang paki ang mga katutubo dito. hmp!
ReplyDeleteEver, kumustasa! long time no hear, ah. Iba na talaga ang nag papayaman, palaging busy! hehehe! : )
I was at a restaurant, at a bday celebration during earth hour :)
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