Switch off your lights for our planet
Light a candle for lives shaken away in the China Earthquake
8.30-9.30pm 28th March 2009, Earth Hour.
** On 12th May 2008 a massive earthquake hit the Southwest of inland China killing more than hundred thousand people and affecting millions. It caused unprecedented damage to both life and property on the land of Sichuan. **
It is less than 2 months from the 5/12 Earthquake anniversary. Yet the real casualty number and names are veiled beyond the public and the media’s reach. As the target of misconduct at the cost of thousands of lives, the local authority has refused to provide the actual number of victims and their information during the past 300+ days.
One year after the disaster, we protest in peace – for the lives buried under the 5/12 Earthquake ruins whose names remained hidden behind:
Light a Candle of Conscience in Earth Hour 2009.
Wherever you are, 8.30pm 28th March 2009, please light a candle and pray for the lives gone, and record this moment with your camera. Swipe off the hazes. Light up the hope.
Take a snap of your candle, post it in your blog. State your location. Send your photo or its link to memory512@126.com. We will collect the hope delivered by you.
- Background of Earth Hour:
Sydney, 7.30pm 31st March 2007, 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour, presenting to the world the message of taking actions against global climate change.
In 2009, Earth Hour is targeting at 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote. We vote earth and make changes, yes we can.
- Background of 5/12 Sichuan Earthquake:
The Sichuan Earthquake has devastated the whole town of Wenchuan, Beichuan and Yingxiu. Other nearby towns were affected. Chinese citizens and the global community has pay much concern over the large scale of vulnerable housing problem in the area, especially dangerous primary school buildings which has the hazard of falling under slight damages, let alone the earthquake. The local authorities were blamed for their misconduct signing contracts with unqualified constructors and spending the public money in illegal ways. If the houses were built properly, there’s much more possibilities for lives.
All around China, people have been helping the region to recover. Approaching the one-year anniversary of the Earthquake, people mourn for the dead, and deliver hope to the alive.
Aiweiwei, a famous artist and civil protester, has spent every effort in finding the truth of the issue, and a long list of hidden names were found every single day. Ai’s blog http://blog.sina.com.cn/aiweiwei.
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