Last night, our lights, television and computers were turned off for Earth Hour.We chose to go for a walk to our local oval, mini telescope in hand, and lie down on the grass and watch the stars. It was quite magic.
On our way to and from the oval, we walked past many houses with their lights still blazing. My partner's eleven year old son summed it up with "I reckon about 80% just don't care". Unfortunately, I think he was right.
While some people in our neighbourhood, like the lovely peeps next door, had their lights off, about 4 houses in 5 still had their lights on. Some people are elderly and I can understand why they wouldn't turn out their lights - falling hazards and all that. But some appeared to have all guns blazing, almost as a defiant gesture. What will it take for them to learn?
We thoroughly enjoyed our Earth Hour, with the trip to the oval to watch the stars being something we want to do again.
How did you spend your Earth Hour? What was it like where you live?
love and light
naturewitch
