Comments on: HELLO EARTH !

By: Selma

Selma — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:19:00 +0000

VEGGIES – you are lovely. I also love your blog and am going to add you to my blogroll. I’m all for a blogging Earth Hour. Let’s see what we can come up with!

By: veggiesyarnsandtails

veggiesyarnsandtails — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:51:04 +0000

I’m so glad to be able to say that we knew about Earth Hour and also participated. I still think that the enlightened (no pun intended) blog community should/could come up with an Earth Hour type of event, but on a regular basis, perhaps once a month. What do you think Selma? Readers?

http://www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com

PS: Im adding you to my blogroll now! Great blog you’ve got here, Selma.

By: Selma

Selma — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:37:10 +0000

TRAVELRAT – YAY. I’ll look forward to it. Sounds like nothing much has changed in Oz since the 60s.

GYPSY – That sounds magical.

By: Gypsy

Gypsy — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:08:31 +0000

I participated in Earth hour and spent the time by candlelight talking on the phone to someone very dear to me. It was an hour well spent.

By: travelrat

travelrat — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:33:04 +0000

>> there was a lot of snogging and what not in the shadows <<

So, what’s new?

I seem to remember at parties in Adelaide in the 60s, it was women in the lounge, men in the kitchen and the ‘young couples’ out in the garden!

By: travelrat

travelrat — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:30:13 +0000

>> I would love to read the whole thing.<<

Tell you what … I’ll include it in a ‘Greece’ page to be put up in May.

By: Selma

Selma — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:43:22 +0000

TRAVELRAT – despite thinking initially that most Sydneysiders were too obsessed with consumerism to participate, I have been elated to discover there was an extremely high rate of participation. Admittedly, many people had ‘Lights Out At 8′ parties where there was a lot of snogging and what not in the shadows (shocking, I know. The things people in the ’suburbs’ get up to ) But the main thing is, the message got through. It was a great sight to see the lights go out on the Harbour Bridge. Just brilliant! Great piece, incidentally. I would love to read the whole thing.

HILLY – there is an Earth Day coming up in April I believe. Heather, who writes the blog I’m Not Hannah (in my Daily Fix blogroll) is one of the organisers in Georgia. Don’t be disheartened – you thought about the significance of it and wanted to participate. And that’s a start. BTW, I’m so glad you’re going to Philly. That really touches me. There are some good people out there!

By: Hilly

Hilly — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:14:48 +0000

It’s times like these that I wish I lived anywhere but here. As I sat in the dark, I looked outside and noticed that pretty much every light was on in every home. It saddens me that the people in my city did not take place in helping out the Earth.

But I love your story and am happy to hear that your night was good!

By: travelrat

travelrat — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:02:18 +0000

To our shame, I don’t think anywhere in the UK participated … which is a pity, because I feel so much light is wasted … I’m dog-sitting at the moment, and can take the pooch for his evening walk WITHOUT taking a torch!

And, an amateur astronomer friend tells me he belongs to a movement called ‘Give us back our night’

It reminded me of a piece I wrote some years back; here’s a short extract:

‘Tiny Marathi, only a loud shout across the water from Arki, has a permanent population of about 30 people, one church, but three tavernas. It’s a favourite night stop for independent cruisers, and the taverna where they eat and drink is dictated by the colour of the buoy they pick up when they moor their boat.

They say that on Marathi, they’ve got the stars wired into the utilities. That’s because there’s no mains electricity, and when they shut the generator down for the night, the stars really come out!

It’s not the place to be if you’re the kind of person who complains about your neighbour’s wind-chimes, for your reveille in the morning will be the plangent clangour of goat-bells, accompanied by the crowing of a rooster.’

By: Selma

Selma — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:22:41 +0000

TBALL – you are so kind to visit the boy. He will be delighted. I really appreciate it.