So Much For Earth Day
E-mails, instant messaging, and blackberries that we can’t live without. In the last ten years, we have become obsessed with the speed in which we communicate.
Everything needs to move fast. We have no attention span. A website takes too long to load, and we move onto the next site. Nobody wants to wait because nobody has the time to wait.
Which is why it should come as no surprise that Earth Day might actually be replaced by Earth Hour.
Today, 26 major cities around the world are taking part in the Earth Hour Movement in which each city will turn off the lights on major landmarks, plunging millions of people into darkness to raise awareness about global warming.
Organizers hope that the initiative will encourage people to be more aware of the energy usage, knowing that producing electricity pollutes the atmosphere through the burning of fossil fuels which are contributing to global warming.
I’m sure an hour will be plenty of time to convey that message, after all who really wants to spend a whole day saving the earth? Not me, I have e-mails to return.
