Earth Hour & polar bears
I hope you celebrated
Earth Hour last Saturday by switching off lights and as many other electrical
appliances as you could do without for an hour. From being a Sydney-based
effort only four years ago, Earth Hour was this year celebrated by more than
37,000 cities and towns around the world. This means that, at 8.30 p.m. local
time, folks switched off lights and reduced power consumption as much as
possible. This year, Earth Hour used Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and a social
networking group to coordinate over a million people to send a powerful
political message to world leaders convening for the G20 in London the same week.
On the Thursday
before Earth Hour, I was invited to a Teddy Bears’ Picnic to raise awareness
about Earth Hour and generate cash for a local Children’s Hospital. Although I am usually strictly a penguins social events bird, this was in a (well in fact 2) good causes so I decided to go. I didn't take a bear to
the picnic and wasn't expecting to meet many penguins. Neither was I expecting to meet a polar bear -- but I did. I think (in view of Earth Hour) I can forgive his presence -- but he was eating all the cup cakes -- which was a bit much even for a species that is seriously threatened by global warming!
Deep Sigh
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