SORSOGON CITY, April 3 - Earth Hour founder and executive director Andy Ridley himself affirmed that “it’s more fun in the Philippines.”
It was after he personally feasted his eyes on how the Filipinos brought themselves together to support a significant program similar to turning off for one hour the facilities which ingest electricity.
Ridley himself led the Earth Hour 2012 celebration in Ayala, Makati City as well as the switching off ceremonies which were simultaneously done in the Visayas and Mindanao.
Though the concept was not derived from which is actually being promoted, Ridley said that he was pleased and apparently he saw how the Pinoys showed so much fondness to Earth Hour.
In fact, Ridley said that they recognize the Philippines as a “hero country” for showing this initiative.
“We can go beyond voice to action, and we can go beyond action to change," Ridley said.
Ridley confirmed that he would divulge his experience to other countries after joining the Pinoy version of Earth Hour this year.
Last 2011, nearly 18 million Filipinos fused for the Earth Hour celebration.
In Sorsogon, national and local, as well as non-government agencies staged a pooled “flashlight parade” together with the media and the private sector around the city’s main access roads after the “30 seconds countdown” at the Capitol park to celebrate Earth Hour 2012.
Prior to the cavalcade, PENRO-LGU Chief Maribeth Fruto topped a covenant signing in which the partners (individuals, group, business, institutions, media and organizations) of the Provincial Government of Sorsogon attached their signatures in establishing a social contract on what each is willing to do to save the planet. The act supports the spread of environmental awareness towards the need to take action on global warming by uniting people to a common goal of saving earth in a positive and interactive way.
The agreement likewise promoted the campaign “I WILL, IF YOU WILL” in sharing the challenge to everyone by participating Earth Hour at exactly 8:30 pm this year. (Von Andre E. Labalan P.I.O/ PIA Sorsogon)
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