After Earth Hour...

A big THANK YOU to all of you who took the time to be a part of the regional efforts for More than 60 Earth Hour.


As promised, here are some photos and sharings. We kick off first with the gathering up north in Ipoh.


In conjunction with ’60 Earth Hour’, FT members in Ipoh also took part in the ‘More Than Earth Hour 2009’ event. Besides FT members, we invited St. Michael’s school students who were interested and also our friends to join in. 16 people turned up. At 8.15 a.m. we journeyed from La Salle Centre to DR Park by foot. Upon reaching we divided ourselves into small groups to clean up the park and spread the awareness of ’60 Earth Hour’.

In preparation for this event, invitation cards were made to be given out to the people in the park. These cards provided us the groundwork we needed to reach out to those who were in DR Park. Most of them were very appreciative of our efforts and accepted our invitation with open arms. There were some who responded commenting on what else we should do for earth hour i.e. not lighting up candles for it produces carbon.

We opted to use biodegradable plastic bags to collect rubbish. Though there was shortage of these plastic bags, our efforts to clean up the environment remained. After spending 45 minutes in the park, we walked back to the La Salle Centre for a closing ceremony whereby a short reflection was conducted and everyone pledged within their boundaries to make our world a better place to live in.


-Jiaxin (Ipoh coordinator for More than 60 Earth Hour)

Spreading the news to the public

The Ipoh gang