Chintadhara - a thought process

All lights and other electrical appliances are switched off at my home. I was standing in the balcony of my apartment and it looks quite dark outside with just the street lights on. It started to rain here (New Delhi, India) around 8:15 pm IST, so I enjoyed my earth hour with cool breeze and wind, and occasional natural lighting. Hope we made a difference today for a better tomorrow.

Earth Hour , which started from Sydney in 2007, is an annual international event since 2008 to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. It calls for the participants (individuals, organizations and government) to switch off all non-essential lights and electrical appliances for just 60 minutes. You do not have to plunge your world into darkness but just need to eliminate the non-essential usage of electricity for those 60 minutes. More of a symbolic event to spread the awareness and take the actions beyond those 60 minutes. The next Earth Hour is scheduled on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm, your local time. New Delhi and Mumbai are official participating cities from India in Earth Hour 2009 but you can participate from wherever you are. Let's do our bit! Earth Hour @ WWW: Earth Hour Global site - http://www.earthhour.org/ Earth Hour: Vote Earth - http://www.voteearth2009.org/ Earth Hour India site - http://www.earthhour.in/ Earth Hour 2009 India Orkut...