Earth Hour

Switching off the lights for one hour is purely symbolic; it will not achieve anything else. If we are interested to save mother earth maybe we should do more than just switching off the lights for one hour a year.

For example, we can;

• Stop using plastic bags; bring our own containers and bags when we go to the market or shopping;
• Recycle ablution water – thousands of gallons are used everyday, more so on Fridays, the water is quite pure maybe less than 10% soiled, so why can’t we channel all this water to a treatment plant and recycle. I’m sure it won’t be that difficult, if other people can recycle toilet water,* recycling ablution water should be kid’s stuff.
• Use solar energy;
  Design environmental friendly towns where everything, markets, schools, public amenities etc are within walking and cycling distance;
• Use natural gas instead of petrol or diesel to power vehicles;
• Plant more trees; and
• Allocate more funding into recycling technology research and development.
  

* Singapore’s NewWater – treated wastewater (sewage) that has been purified using dual-membrane (via microfiltration and reverse osmosis) and ultraviolet technologies, in addition to conventional water treatment processes. The water is potable and is consumed by humans, but is mostly used for industry requiring high purity water. (source: Wikipedia)