Before I left for Adelaide, the news of Sydney switching off their lights for an hour was surprising. It was to raise awareness of how much energy can be saved by this single gesture of acquaintancing with short-period of darkness. Well, of course, the night sky line of Sydney was still visible as not all were that interested anyway.
During my stay in Adelaide, another incident occur that I realise how intolerant our environment has become. News on Solomon Islands hit the SkyNews headline. These isolated cluster of islands seem almost inexistent without the mentioning.
Of course to those Conde Nast readers, these islands spell out paradise with tropical climate and secluded enough to qualify as exotic. I wonder, what went through their mind when this defendless island was hit by tsunami with waves as high as 5 metres, destroying lives and causing loss and fear. Was there any sense of guilt for indirectly being responsibile for it? Well, The States and Australia have yet to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.
Natural disasters are unavoidable as most of us know but the frequency of these should strike an alarm. Without these big players adhering to the Protocol, what good is that by having a media stunt on blacking out a city?
