Though the day was filled with lots of activities, still, we manage to continue the day until night time just to participate in the call of Earth Hour. It is our first time to participate in the mall with a ceremony and of course together with the other people who believes in the cause.

Together with my family we went to SM City Fairview where we received an invite regarding their program ceremony for the call of the WWF for the Earth Hour. Not really sure of how it will turn out and what will be the activity but we did go on and expect something.


Since we got early inside the mall we decided to have a little stroll around the SM City Fairview and had some few funs on the arcades, have our eldest son, Maki, checked by a dentist and lastly checked out some of the areas that we haven't been too.


Very much busy looking around we've lost track of the time and we've thought they would start a bit later. When we got to the area, their program had already begun and the place was just quite in tune for the off light program. Quite a number of people were already there listening to speeches of different people before the start of the count down in turning off the electricity. My son, Maki, were interviewed as well by the host and asked what he can do to save the environment. Of course mommy is always there for their kids and they also get to learn things from us and cleaning is one of them in which he boasted to the host in a very little kiddie voice.



As they made the counted few key persons lined up in front of the 60+ symbol to showcase the call of turning the electricity off one hour or more. This call is to help reduce the carbon emission and to at least save some of the resources that are burned in order to produce electricity.



So what is this all about the Earth Hour? Here are some of the information about the Earth Hour.

1. Earth Hour started as an idea and it was initiated by one city in Sydney, Australia back in 2007 of March 31. 2.2 million people joined the one hour switched off and the result is that the one hour switched off is equivalent to removing 48,613 cars off in the roads of Sydney for one hour. 
2.  Earth Hour started to be global movement in the year 2008, Philippines was the first South East Asian nation to join and pledge full support for Earth Hour. Total power saved was amount to 80MWh, an equivalent of shutting down a coal fired power plant for one hour. 
3. In 2009, Philippines became the top Earth Hour country with 647 town and cities that joined. 10 million Filipinos joined the one hour switched off and it save at least 611 megawatt of electricity, equivalent to a temporary shutdown of a dozen coal fired power plants. 
4. In 2010, Philippines got the title once more for having the top Earth Hour country, 1076 towns and cities participated. 
5. In 2011, 1661 cities and municipalities joined the Earth Hour and once more, the Philippines got the title for being the top Earth Hour country, and now called as the official Earth Hour Hero Country. 
6. Earth Hour grown to a 5251 strong global movement,reaching 1.8 billion people in 135 countries.