And yes, although we are in the first week of March... jut a gentle reminder that Earth Hour is happening in the last week of March... 8.30pm on Saturday, March 26... where you are encouraged to switch off electrical appliances for 1 hour... for the past few years, NTU has been taking part in it.. but it hasn't really gone mainstream in Singapore...

This year, Orchard Road is going to be taking part again, in a bigger way.

" ... Orchard Road will be transformed into a "sea of candles" as part of an initiative to conserve electricity in the annual Earth Hour event coming up this month.

Leading by example, the Orchard Road Business Association has more than 50 malls, hotels and retailers along the shopping belt participating in the initiative - twice the number as compared to last year.

"More than a hundred establishments are also participating in one way or another by setting their temperatures at 24 degree celsius, by turning off non-essential lights, and by turning off the facade lighting", said executive director Steven Goh.

"We are going to turn Orchard Road into a sea of candles", Mr Goh added...."



and yes.. the problem is really real... as a recent paper in Nature, concluded that the 6th mass-extinction may be underway... and just highlighted to the public worldwide the urgency of the issue.