Earth Hour started in 2007. It was conceived by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald. The idea was to turn off all non-essential lighting for an hour. In the year that followed, other cities around the world adopted the event. It takes place on the last Saturday of March.We joined the Earth Hour initiative by turning off our lights last night.
As early as mid-February, MyGirl had asked if she could have glow sticks to play with for Earth Hour. I promised her I'd get some so I bought a pack last Thursday evening. The pack had 50 glow sticks which was more than enough for the fourteen kids that usually gather for Saturday evening dinner at the Parkway (at Mumoffive's brother's place).
At 8:30 pm, the lights were turned off and some candles were lit. The kids spent the whole hour in the living room dancing around with their glow sticks. Some of them looped the glow sticks to make bracelets, anklets, necklaces, and even earrings. Others swung the sticks around to make designs in the dark. There were a lot of big circles and spinning loops in a rainbow of colours to be seen last night.
By and large, the kids had a lot of fun. The adults essentially stayed in the dining room with their respective gizmos and gadgets. (There were at least two people playing Angry Birds and another two checking their email or FaceBook pages.)
When we got home, MyGirl gave me hug and said, "I told you the glow sticks would be a good idea."
"Yes, MyGirl. I'm glad you thought of it."
(I took a picture of MyGirl with her glow sticks last night but unfortunately I had taken the photo while my SD card was out of the camera. Now the photo is kind of in limbo since I don't have a cable to move the file out of the camera's built in memory. SIGH!)
At 8:30 pm, the lights were turned off and some candles were lit. The kids spent the whole hour in the living room dancing around with their glow sticks. Some of them looped the glow sticks to make bracelets, anklets, necklaces, and even earrings. Others swung the sticks around to make designs in the dark. There were a lot of big circles and spinning loops in a rainbow of colours to be seen last night.
By and large, the kids had a lot of fun. The adults essentially stayed in the dining room with their respective gizmos and gadgets. (There were at least two people playing Angry Birds and another two checking their email or FaceBook pages.)
When we got home, MyGirl gave me hug and said, "I told you the glow sticks would be a good idea."
"Yes, MyGirl. I'm glad you thought of it."
(I took a picture of MyGirl with her glow sticks last night but unfortunately I had taken the photo while my SD card was out of the camera. Now the photo is kind of in limbo since I don't have a cable to move the file out of the camera's built in memory. SIGH!)
No comments:
Post a Comment