{"id":39139,"date":"2015-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/39139\/earth-hour-the-joke-that-doesnt-stop-giving-unlike-electricity-in-lebanon"},"modified":"2015-03-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T00:00:00","slug":"earth-hour-the-joke-that-doesnt-stop-giving-unlike-electricity-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/39139\/earth-hour-the-joke-that-doesnt-stop-giving-unlike-electricity-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Hour: The Joke That Doesn’t Stop Giving, Unlike Electricity In Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turn your lights off. Unplug your appliances. The Earth needs you now.<\/p>\n

Be prepared to be bombarded with ridiculous photos of Mother Earth weeping\/herniating on several social media platforms, namely Facebook and Twitter, because \u2018Earth Hour\u2019 is upon us once again. Earth Hour, an annual event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature, asks individuals to \u201ctake responsibility for the ecological footprint\u201d by turning their lights off for an hour a year. <\/big><\/p>\n


(Image via Tumblr<\/a>)<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in Lebanon, picture this: you\u2019re sitting in the dark, eagerly waiting for the clock to strike noon so you can plug your phone in, charge your laptop, watch some television, and turn the water heater on. Instead, when the power finally turns on, you turn it off for an extra hour because\u2026Earth Hour!<\/p>\n

With an average of three hours of power cuts in Beirut and up to twelve hours across different areas on a daily basis, we say to Mother Earth: “you\u2019re welcome.”<\/p>\n

You\u2019re welcome because every hour is Earth Hour in Lebanon. We\u2019ve even had \u201cEarth Days,\u201d \u201cEarth Weeks,\u201d and for a brief period in 1996, we even had \u201cEarth Month.” <\/p>\n

Back in 2012, former President Michel Sleiman participated in Earth Hour 2012 by switching off the lights at the Baabda Presidential Palace, and urged the Lebanese citizens to follow suit. I am not sure if this was part of some elaborate joke or not, but I find it hilarious. No really, Mr. Former President, have you considered a career in comedy? <\/p>\n

Earth Hour is beginning to feel a lot like taxing the poor. Are we going to impose \u201cHunger-Awareness Hour\u201d in Eritrea next, where we tell them to cut back on meals for a few days to shed light on the food shortage problem in Africa? <\/p>\n

Here are some alternatives we can try implementing in Lebanon: \u201cDon\u2019t Be An Asshole Hour,\u201d \u201cTry Being On Time Hour,\u201d or maybe \u201cTry Not To Drive Like a Dick Hour\u201d \u2013 a wonderful hour where we all take personal responsibility for the huge penis-shaped footprint we are leaving on this country and on our collective psyches. <\/big> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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