Global Earth Hour

I just read an article in Daily Express (Friday, 27 March, 2009) about this group / Gerakan is doing a wonderful campaign of promoting the program of “Global Earth Hour”. According to the leader, they are distributing 10,000 flyers for the residential area around Kota Kinabalu. Well, the flyers are about 2 pages, which include all the information about the program and simple illustration about global climate. Good effort in educating K.Kinabalu people about the importance of making a global statement of concern about climate change and to demonstrate commitment to finding solutions.

What bothers me most is the amount of flyers distributed in the process of promoting this cause. ... It is an Earth Hour, isn’t it … Could we at least save the papers for the benefit of trees around the world especially those in Malaysia. I mean the more paper we waste or use, means more trees are going down and the climate surely will go higher. So why not save the paper and find new alternative for spreading the cause of the “Global Earth Hour”! Plus, I don’t think everyone will take their time reading the flyer, even if they do read, what happen after they finish reading? Surely you won’t expect them to save it and there is a high chance it might end up in the trash. Knowledge is power they say, but in this case I don’t think it totally help in educating people about the “Global Earth Hour” by using this method.

But, hey…take it from me…do participate in the “Global Earth Hour”, we might save ourselves another decades of living in this earth before hell break loose…. ! Remember 8.30pm – 9.30 pm ……