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MAR. 27 - Nicola Ross on CBC Fresh Air
Editor-in-Chief Nicola Ross will be on CBC's Fresh Air tomorrow morning at 7:30am to discuss Earth Hour 2010. For all of you weekend early birds, make sure to tune in to hear her discuss the importance or lack thereof of events such as Earth Hour.
Tomorrow, people in more than 3,100 cities across 121 countries and territories will be joining together to turn out their lights for Earth Hour. In 2008, Canada was the leading country with more participation per capita than any other country in the world – we'll soon see if Canada can do it again in 2010.
Alternatives would love to know – are you participating in Earth Hour? Why or why not? Weigh in below in by leaving us a comment.
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Earth Hour of no consequence?
I am an optimistic by nature... and continue to believe that all of these world-wide efforts extend the message of CONSERVATION... It is a more important message than the 3 R's Reduce, Reuse, Recyle as it causes us to think about our USE in the first place.
The oft-used CANDLE as a symbol for Earth Hour, is however very misleading!
In solidarity... I am with you from 8:30-9:30 tomorrow evening.. for the purpose of delivering this important message... and I will continue to work on my CONSERVATION efforts...
Earth Hour Participation
While I agree that sometimes symbolic action is important I seriously doubt that there isn't anyone who uses substantial amounts of electricity that isn't aware of their environmental impact.
I am one of those people who works hard year-round to ensure that I'm minimizing my footprint. One hour is not going to significantly increase that effort.
I think the time for symbolic action is done and that those who are seriously committed to progressive change should walk their talk. Time is probably running out and I worry that the false sense of action engendered by these kinds of symbolic actions is not positive inasmuch as it can reduce the sense of urgency for action. Some people seriously think that they will have done their part by sitting in the dark for an hour.
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