Since Manila joined Sydney and the rest of the world a few years back in turning lights off for an hour, my family has been doing the same at home.
In the last few years, the signs of climate change have become more obvious and scary. Severe flooding and landslides, more dangerous typhoons, weird weather patterns. So many lives have been lost unnecessarily and sadly. No one can turn a blind eye to the immediate need to do something in one’s own backyard. NOW. Earth Hour is one way of showing the world that an hour of darkness can save that much energy. So we’re trying to do our share…
Yes, the kids get fidgety about tuning out of the internet but after a few minutes around a dark living room with just candles giving out light, conversation starts up and before we know it, we have reclaimed our lives offline.
Today we will continue tradition but with a twist. I will join a free yoga class by Rianna Gatus as part of her birthday celebration. We will do 26 Surya Namaskars or Sun Salutations to celebrate her 26 years of life. Afterwards some lady bloggers and I are heading off to a restaurant nearby which is observing Earth Hour to celebrate another birthday – fellow yogini Ria.
I will post some photos later.
How about you? How are you observing Earth Hour?
I don’t observe much on earth hour. I observe myself loving nature or being close to nature. Yes there are lots of calamities we can avoid… still I am thankful that I am still good and hopefully everyone can feel good too. I wish I can try joining yoga class but I can’t find time for it as the moment. It also my first time to visit your blog.