Earth Hour 2008

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Noting that “most United States newspapers did not play up Earth Hour” and that the Canadian papers which were reviewed “previewed Earth Hour a lot more prominently” and “dominated with Earth Hour pictures,” David Gough asks, why did Earth Hour have a larger profile in Ontario? ⁰¹

I think it may be a bit of guilty navel gazing.

Given that our social consciousness is generally self-perceived to be superior to our neighbour, and having to admit the cummulative abject failure to properly tackle our environmental irresponsibility, it’s a quick and painless gesture to assuage our guilt. As opposed to giving up plastic bags, taking more public transit, resisting urban sprawl, etc.

Admit it… don’t you think we ought to have been doing a lot more, for a lot longer, than what we are?

Sources:
01. David Gough’s ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle This Blog’

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