Post Earth Hour (part 2)

Here's a sharing by Aaron Oo. He attended the More than 60 Earth Hour programme in Ipoh.


Earth Hour is a programme created by the World Wild Fund (WWF) to send a message to the whole world that we are concern over the environment.

We gathered at the La Salle Centre and was briefed by Jia Xin before walking towards the D.R. Park. We were spreading and inviting people to join in Earth Hour which was going to kick off at 8.30 pm.

Finally we arrived at our destination and took a group photo before kicking off the project. The joggers were the main people and we invited them to join us. Most of them were well informed because they were being told by their family members and friends. Some heard and read about the event over the mass media. Though they had heard about it, some didn't really know what they can do to contribute to this event besides just switching off their lights. Hence, we stepped in to give them a clearer picture. They even supported our group.

We later had a short reflection back at La Salle Centre. The activity that was held for the reflection session was to write down our thoughts and a pledge of how we’d like to support this programme in future. We wrote our pledges on recycled paper and affixed our thumbprint as a sign of commitment.
Overall, the event was a success though there were only 16 people. It is not the number of people but the quality and commitment shown by these 16 people who stepped out and spread the message about Earth Hour. There are no hard and fast rules to make the environment clean. It takes time to do so. Earth Hour isn't just an annual event but to be cultivated and enhanced into our daily practices.

That's all from us in Ipoh. Enjoy Earth Hour next year too!

Aaron

(My sincerest apologies to Aaron for not posting earlier, I originally thought I did, but it was kept as a draft...SORRY!)