there’s a light that never goes out

by justine

earthhourearth hour. saturday, 28th march. 8:30pm wherever you are.

i don’t buy into it. it’s a nice cause. a nice way to spread the word. but i hate the sheer yuppiness of it. so, you’ll make a concious effort to conserve energy for a whole hour out of 1 year. 365 days. what are you doing the other 21899 hours?

i stay up at night with a 60 watt tungsten lighting up my room. with the fan on to keep me company. i do this year-round. there isn’t any super incentive to be a part of earth hour other than “the rest of the world is doing”.

on saturday, 28th march, at 8:30pm, i will be turning on all the lights. i will crank up the air-conditioning (before it falls into complete disuse). i will turn on my disco lights. i will blast my speakers. i will do all this as my stand against walking the talk. but for only an hour out of the whole year.