Earth Hour

March 29th saw several cities all over the world observed the Earth Hour. As part of the Earth Hour respective city administrations switched off the power in their cities and banned all traffic movement for exactly an hour from 8pm to 9 pm. It was hoped that this would generate awareness among the masses about global warming. India did not participate in this initiative but some schools encouraged students to write something to commemorate the event.


Here is what an 11 year old girl wrote:

Come March 29th as the clock strikes the 8pm hour,
some good folks expect us to shut off the power,
they want us to use the heat of the hearth
for all these electrical bulbs are overheating our earth.

We all bitch about all this pollution in the air
yet merrily buzz about in our cars without a care.
'There's way too much global warming' we all fuss,
Hey, Chill it Bro, all this is just because of us.

Astronomers cant see much of the outer space
because of all this crazy dust and haze,
our cities are at night way too bright
so we kids never get to enjoy a starry night.

Dear people, lets all work together to fight this pollution
and the Earth Hour is just a small step in that simple solution.
So please, please my fellow friends, stop all this worrying about,
lets do our bit and this pollution is gone without a doubt.

Aakanksha J.