Sunday, March 29, 2009

Earth Hour @ CapSquare

Yeah, the walk, the freebies, and the performances… Good… But not good enough… later I tell you why…

In the mean time, let me guide you through the event…

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60 Earth Hour means 60 minutes of switching off all your unnecessary electrical consuming appliances or devices. The main aim in this project is to CREATE AWARENESS on how you can help to save our earth, by reducing the amount of wastage.

Two boys, I remember them well, said that recycling is one way to save energy… they were BRILLIANT. I must say, impressive.

The first thing that popped into my mind when Joey G asked on ways we can conserve energy was ‘recycling’. True enough, recycling not only saves resources, it also saves lots of energy. I guess those who visited Tetra Pak booth would understand more about recycling.

I arrived at Capsquare around 4.30 pm, and most people already started queuing up to redeem the T-shirt.

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I overheard this woman said this, “By the end of the day, all it matters is just the T-shirt. Nothing else… People joined this event for the sake of the T-shirt…”. What she said was true. Very true.

DJ Joey-G was the host of the day

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WWF set this ‘60’ sign on the floor… It looked fantastic at night.

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Before the walk started, my friends took some photographs.

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Owh ya, Happy Birthday Greg!

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Then around 6.15 pm, some performances…

The cheerleading team Charm

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Then live bag pipes performances

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The drummers were fantastic. The beats where hard and solid beats… They’ve trained very, very hard, I believe.

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Then I spotted this auntie, shooting videos of the band and also fanning herself… Haha. Kind of hilarious… and yes… it was HOT!

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Then the WWF crews started to light up the candles in the cups…

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This little girl was helping her dad to light the candles.

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This is a view from top…

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KL Tower…

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The walk was started off with celebrities…

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Kind of a short walk only… They only covered 12.5% of the whole CapSquare… kind of irony for the walk…

With the day going dark, candle-light photography is great! Slow, warm light…

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This girl again… busy keeping the candles lit…

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So here’s a comparison between ‘lights on’ and ‘lights off’… You can really see the difference.

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I guess some of us were bored, so we started doing some crazy stuffs…

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For Greg… His birthday candle lights…

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The all-star performance… See Yasmin Ahmad second from right? Rina, Jac and many others were there too..

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Before leaving straight for home, here’s a group photo.

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Overall, the event was a success. Never the less, I have one complaint regarding this event…

Notice the empty paper cups scattered all over the walkway? This is the problem with the organizer. They expect people to protect the environment, but they themselves did not prepare recycling bins for others to discard the rubbish.

Also, this is just a publicity stunt to get people to join and also to create awareness. Successful. But how long will it last? Would someone take the initiative and promote this event 365? or at least once every month? Or will it be like another celebration? One that would be forgotten after some time..??

So, please everyone, do your part.

Start conserving to save our mother earth. Don’t wait for another celebration like that to save energy. Practice it DAILY!

YOU CAN MAKE A

                          DIFFERENCE…

One response to “Earth Hour @ CapSquare”

RunWitMe said...

Hi! Great coverage of the event. I like your pictures.
I was just about to record the mini "60" candles in the cups but they were knocked down by a clumsy fler!
Can catch the rest of the vids in my blog.

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