A series of street lamps across the province were turned off at 20:30pm of March 27 in response to the Earth Hour campaign 2010. Many households herein also responded to the campaign by switching off all electricity devices for one hour…
The “Earth Hour” symbol is made by candles
On the evening of March 27, Nguyen Trai high school in Thuan An district held a camping festival to celebrate the 79th anniversary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, with participation of thousands of pupils. The camping festival still took place normally under the light of candles and torches when the school turned off lights at 8pm to respond to the Earth Hour campaign 2010…
Lights at all public places in Thuan An district were switched off on the evening of March 27 for one hour. Thanks to the dissemination work well implemented, State agencies and locals herein actively responded to this year’s Earth Hour campaign.
Whilst, most lighting systems in TDM town were tuned off on Earth Hour. At provincial Youth Center, many youths lighted candles and created the “Earth Hour” symbol by candles. They also used their torches to illuminate a section of the street near to the center, luring the attention of passers-by and reminding them to respond to Earth Hour.
Banks and State agencies on Binh Duong Avenues also switched all lighting devices in response to the Earth Hour campaign 2010. Similarly, the Lady Thien Hau Temple and Phu Cuong Park were in the dark on Earth Hour. TDM town-based stores also took part in Earth Hour by turning off lights and closing doors.
However, there were still many individuals and units ignoring the Earth Hour campaign 2010. At 20:54pm of March 27, lamps at Binh Duong University were still turned on normally. Especially, many private shops also did not pay attention to the event.
Reported D.Truong-M.Duy-K.Tan-Translated by K.T
