Did you vote for Earth by switching off your lights last 28th March?
Yes, I did. Although by switching off the light for a complete 60 minutes won't make any difference to what has happened now, but by switching off your lights means that you're concern about the global climate change which in the same time reduced your electric consumption for an hour.
While driving along the road, I was so impressed that even the glamorous Four Points Hotel joined the Earth Hour and stood still in darkness.
I can see that this global sustainability movement is well accepted in Kuching and we have the first ever Earth Hour Eco Friendly Mini Concert which is held at Green Heights Mall. We're entertained by few well-known local bands - Mayze, Passive Fire, Venus & Mars and Evenstarr.
Passive Fire - Turn and Walk Away
For more videos of Passive Fire's performance during Earth Hour 2009, check out Aaron's blog - Overdue.
Despite all of this global awareness movements, one thing has really concerned me is the state government's electro-shocking plan to build 12 new hydro-electric dams. The Bakun hydro-electric dam itself might generates more than double the amount of the electricity the state currently uses. Even without the Bakun dam, the state has already had more 20% capacity than it needs.
How much electricity do our state government need to waste? Extra 12 dam means an increase of more than 600% excess of electric capacity with extra bonuses of destruction of the environment and heritage sites, and displacement of thousand local indigenous people. Wonder-full?
Check this out:
A week before the Earth Hour took place, Al Jazeera aired 101 East: The Fight for Power. This is a very interesting and important issue amongst us Sarawakian.
Vote for EARTH?
