By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, 03.04.2008 (IANS): Switching off lights for 60 minutes in a year on a perfect spring Saturday night in Sydney, when it was neither too hot nor too cold for comfort and most offices and businesses were closed anyway, one can’t help but question the contribution of the Earth Hour to the cause of tackling climate change.
An event that started in Sydney last year had about 25 countries participating this year. So is it, indeed, “Our (Sydney’s) gift to the world”? As one of the Sydney Morning Herald readers wrote in the letters’ column, “The headline shouts of our vanity, selfishness and self importance”.