{"id":46968,"date":"2016-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/46968\/lebanon-is-the-1-participant-in-earth-day"},"modified":"2016-04-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T00:00:00","slug":"lebanon-is-the-1-participant-in-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/46968\/lebanon-is-the-1-participant-in-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon Is The #1 Participant In Earth Day"},"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 because \u2018Earth Day\u2019 is upon us once again. Earth Day, an annual event coordinated by the Earth Day Network, is a day where activists demonstrate their support for environmental protection while slacktivists change their profile pictures. <\/big><\/p>\n


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

If you\u2019re in Lebanon, picture this: all those days you were 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 – you were participating in Earth Day!<\/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.\u201d <\/p>\n

You\u2019re welcome because every day is Earth Day in Lebanon. We\u2019ve even had \u201cEarth Weeks,\u201d and for a brief period in 1996, we had an entire \u201cEarth Month.” Of course what we save in carbon emissions via power cuts, we definitely make up for in trash crises and toxic waste. <\/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. Now that he\u2019s out of a job, he should consider 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 Day,\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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