Global Q&A: ‘Does your community participate in Earth Hour, where all lights are turned off for one hour?’

Brisbane, Australia: Jordan Sawyer, 24, Marketing Consultant: We turn everything off. I think it’s really valuable, I need to turn all my phones off, every gadget and gizmo, and we talk to each other. And actually it’s a sociable thing, as well as a positive, environmental action. I have spoken to neighbours and others to come over and play monopoly by candle light, whatever, with no background noise from T.V., iPads, everything off, lights off, and just enjoy the planet.

Some communities participate in a big way, some participate on a smaller scale, and there is also enthusiasm for next year’s event. This is what Epoch Times reporters from areas such as United Arab Emirates to Peru discovered when they asked locals,

“Does your community participate in Earth Hour, where all lights are turned off for one hour?”

Look for the Global Q&A column every week. Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities. Next week’s global question, “If you could ask the leader of your country one question, what would it be?”