There is a advertisements telling, that people all over the state/country should switch off their electrical applicanes and save the save electricy and hence reduce the pollution and after that one hour go back and consume the power the way you like it. This is a hypocracy at its best only to satisfy the huge egos of the westren people, green peace and a show of advertisement that they too care for the environmeny, while the per capita power sonsumption in the developed world is 10times more than by the developing world people.
If we see this earth hour concept in Indian context, it doesnot make any sense at all. This another ego boosting measure adopted and publicised y the corporates who sell the electric appliances. If at all we have to save the planet, then there should more earth hours per day and every day. This is not happenning but the electric discoms are making everyone to celecrate earth hours every day for 4-6hours. And those who can afford have inverters, generators and not cooperating with the government in celebrating the earth hours. What a non cooperation moment by the people sirji?
What is needed is not celebrating, following earth hours namesake for one hour in a few months. We have take a conscious decision to reduce the consumption of energy. Install solar panels, use solar energy for water heating, open windows to let cool air enter the house in mornings, use day light instead of leds, segregrate the waste and cooperate in reclycling, use the bio waste as compost if u have gardens, help with raddiwalas in recycling the materials, go walking for short distances, do rainwater harvesting, grow vegetables in your backyard if possible it is a destressing activity, and many more indegenous ways are possible which help to sustain the planets environment and not just tokenism and ego boosting efforts like the earth hour.
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