No Blackout!

With the ever changing weather patterns all over the world, I was expecting a lot of Pinoys to join the worldwide campaign called Earth Hour.

I thought I was going to see the whole city go dark.  My friends and I went to a place where we could view the whole city turn its light off (of course, before going the said place, I turned off all lights and electricity at my place). Unfortunately, only a few establishments joined the worldwide campaign. My friends and I were very disappointed.

The whole city was still full of lights when 8:30 PM came. I thought, the people of this city were willing to help preserve the environment with that simple gesture.  Truly disappointing.

When I got home, I saw in the news that this city was one of the centers for the campaign.  I so wanted to tell the reporter that "Hoy dong, kahit nagbenta sila ng mga Earth Hour t-shirts at pins dito, hindi pa din nakisali ang karamihan ng mga tao at establisimyento sa kampanya di tulad sa ibang bansa!"  

I would like to give the people here the benefit of the doubt.  Maybe, not much information was given regarding the mechanics of the campaign. But my high blood self is telling me that Pinoys in general do not really care about the environment.  They could not even sacrifice an hour of no lights, tv or aircon!  Maybe it's bad for business as well. Regardless, it seems nature is not a priority of everyone! How uncool is that eh?

I think, we Pinoys will have to really learn more about caring for the environment especially from other nations.  We definitely need to love mother earth for the benefit of the future generations of this country!

Let's stop being selfish and start caring for our only planet!