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Let There Be No Light

Did you turn off your lights for Earth Hour?  I was quite agog at hearing about this particular event.  I wanted to see how our place would look like when the households’ lights were turned off.  Here’s what I saw hours before EH and an hour of EH.

Earth Hour
March 28, 2009
8:30 – 9:30 PM
Askim, Sweden

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Hours before Earth Hour
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The actual Earth Hour

It wasn’t totally dark but at least there were people who really cared even for just an hour. Did the earth win in your place?



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Marlene
Marlene graduated from the University of Mindanao with a Degree of Bachelor of Secondary Education. She worked as a teacher for five years and two years as a Head Teacher in Davao City, Philippines. She presently resides in Sweden with her hubby and she works as a Mother Language (Filipino) Teacher.

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14 Responses to “Let There Be No Light”

  1. What to say ?
    First we were without light, then we invent and then offffffff…
    Are we slowly-n-slowly learning again the importance of basics of life ? May be/May be not.

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    Shanker Bakshi replied on March 29th, 2009:

    You are right HOBO : its now a journey “back to basics”

    Shanker Bakshi’s last blog post..Earth Hour and My New Blue WordPress Premium Theme

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  2. Jan Parrish says:

    Amazing sites to see.

    Jan Parrish’s last blog post..March Snow Storm

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  3. Honney says:

    I was not at home during the Earth Hour but was delighted to know that many people turned their lights off during this event. I hope I can participate next time. Hehehe.

    Honney’s last blog post..My Summer Had Just Begun

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    Marlene replied on March 30th, 2009:

    Honney, my first time to learn about this EH. Actually, I just turned off the lights in our kitchen, lol!

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  4. Jill says:

    Some didn’t participate that night but in our house I turn off all our lights except my computer…….

    Jill’s last blog post..Stunning Kim So Eun for Elle Girl

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    Marlene replied on March 30th, 2009:

    Hehee, means we can’t live without our computer. But it’s a good start by turning off our lights.

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  5. Joy says:

    Oh yeah, we participated the movement. We turn off everything and stayed in one room using scented candle.

    Joy’s last blog post..MM-Tell the World of HIS Love

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    Marlene replied on March 30th, 2009:

    Congrats, Joy! I should do the same next time.

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  6. Abhishek says:

    i participated successfully. my home was dark black for past 3 days!! actually i was not in city.

    Abhishek’s last blog post..Make money With Web Directory

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    Marlene replied on March 30th, 2009:

    Abhishek, I wasn’t in the city, too. At least we didn’t need to go out to participate.

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  7. Pahn says:

    I was actually surprised to hear that Philippines had the most number of cities who participated.. I was surprised when I got home that time, it was dark in our alley,,

    last year I was campaigning it, but now they joined automatically ^^

    Pahn’s last blog post..Post A Day Success

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    Marlene replied on March 31st, 2009:

    That’s good news! I’ve read in a newspaper that the big cities in the Phil had participated. In Davao, even the Mayor initiated the participation (at the park).

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  8. jessie says:

    Mhy,

    We participated in the Earth Hour but I told my wife that we should do it more often. For one, the heat is on here in the Philippines. Turning all the lights on will really increase the heat.

    jessie’s last blog post..Huge Sony PS3 Announcement Turned Out to Be PS2 Sale

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