tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981310338409264388.post1013329448366676559..comments2023-10-25T21:35:57.298+05:30Comments on Days In The Life Of...: Earth HourWandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17394340788831335608noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981310338409264388.post-31492100875922282542009-05-02T20:04:00.000+05:302009-05-02T20:04:00.000+05:30hehe that would've ideally been a good time to 'en...hehe that would've ideally been a good time to 'enlighten' them :PWandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17394340788831335608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981310338409264388.post-60468912605443722952009-05-01T13:02:00.000+05:302009-05-01T13:02:00.000+05:30it should be renamed to Mankind Hour...cuz whateve...it should be renamed to Mankind Hour...cuz whatever happens...nature has a way of correcting itself...disastrously or otherwise...it's only us that we're gonna be saving...<br /><br />for the record...i did observe earth hour...(although the downstairs neighbor did come asking if we'd lost power connection as they were getting electricity without any problem)Aditya Raghuwanshihttp://blad.adityar.co.ccnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981310338409264388.post-13097319422905162392009-04-04T00:11:00.000+05:302009-04-04T00:11:00.000+05:30True. But atleast a recognition of the problem. Th...True. But atleast a recognition of the problem. Things will catch onWandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17394340788831335608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981310338409264388.post-12317122132605655492009-04-03T02:20:00.000+05:302009-04-03T02:20:00.000+05:30Haha, I've been doing this for the last two years,...Haha, I've been doing this for the last two years, and I really like it, but I can't help noticing that how a lot of people who do this (this is NOT a reference to anybody here) also are those who keep lights/ACs/Laptops/Comps running throughout the night, and how, at the end of the day, this is just an empty gesture for them, no?Manavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742125480403363824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981310338409264388.post-58528844338205460092009-04-01T20:20:00.000+05:302009-04-01T20:20:00.000+05:30It was probably one of the most fun times that I h...It was probably one of the most fun times that I had, going about each room to spread the message and shouting at a few juniors(which probably I should'nt have done).For most having a blackout was a thing out of the mundane.It was time for revelry in the entire hostel.I just wished they would probably understand the graver issues that need to be addressed.<BR/>However I look forward to this initiative again.Mallikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02309029748979549580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981310338409264388.post-67014260086308712752009-03-30T19:57:00.000+05:302009-03-30T19:57:00.000+05:30Nevermind really...if you got one person to do it,...Nevermind really...if you got one person to do it, the others will come around when it lands on their head...Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17394340788831335608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-981310338409264388.post-13174196841114578542009-03-30T14:36:00.000+05:302009-03-30T14:36:00.000+05:30i heard it for the first time too this year...and ...i heard it for the first time too this year...and okay, i'm happy to have done my bit(and therefore i am announcing it on ur blog!)...<BR/><BR/>but i was a little disappointed and taken aback by the variety of responses i got from ppl.for one, we were the only people in the colony to switch off our lights. and there are lots of kids in my colony. i had expected school kids to be most excited about it.<BR/>when my brother put it up as his status msg on FB, most of his friends teased him about it. one even asked him if he had caught the firangi obsession for showing off and 'stupid gestures' from his foreign-returned sister!<BR/><BR/>i think somewhere in the media hype and the publicity stunts (which were great by the way..i recognise the power of aggressive publicity) people still could not put into perpective what switching off lights for one hour could do. talking closer to home, my brother only agreed when i did some back-of-the-envelope calculations for him to show what 600MW of electricity saved means...and how much more electricity could have been saved if even more family in each colony had participated...Old soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022500839488782566noreply@blogger.com