Earth Hour
Mar. 28th, 2009 03:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhythmaningI am taking part in Earth Hour tonight - switching the lights off for an hour from 8.30pm local time, wherever you are in the world.
I don't normally do things like this - I like to make conscious considered decisions, and this means that I often object to the herd-like behaviour the internet, and social media in particular, sometimes lead to. It is too easy to join a group, sign a petition, stick an image on your blog and think that that is enough. (Sometimes, of course, it is all you can do.)
But I think climate change is really important; I think it is more important than the economy, more important than conflicts around the world (and I think those are pretty bloody important, too!).
So I shall be switching off my lights at 8.30pm tonight.
I'm not sure, though, what else I shall do - specifically, in that hour. The campaign is just about lights, not about electricity, but frankly the idea of, say, watching tv seems plain wrong. But I can't imagine that I shall switch off all my electric items: I will probably be listening to music, or maybe using the internet (the Earth Hour website suggests live blogging the hour, though I'm not sure I get that...), all of which uses electricity.
(It has been suggested that I meditate or masturbate for an hour; but I'm not sure I could do either of those activities for an hour. Maybe a little of both...)
I don't normally do things like this - I like to make conscious considered decisions, and this means that I often object to the herd-like behaviour the internet, and social media in particular, sometimes lead to. It is too easy to join a group, sign a petition, stick an image on your blog and think that that is enough. (Sometimes, of course, it is all you can do.)
But I think climate change is really important; I think it is more important than the economy, more important than conflicts around the world (and I think those are pretty bloody important, too!).
So I shall be switching off my lights at 8.30pm tonight.
I'm not sure, though, what else I shall do - specifically, in that hour. The campaign is just about lights, not about electricity, but frankly the idea of, say, watching tv seems plain wrong. But I can't imagine that I shall switch off all my electric items: I will probably be listening to music, or maybe using the internet (the Earth Hour website suggests live blogging the hour, though I'm not sure I get that...), all of which uses electricity.
(It has been suggested that I meditate or masturbate for an hour; but I'm not sure I could do either of those activities for an hour. Maybe a little of both...)