Earth hour goes unnoticed in Manila

Last Saturday evening, 29th March, people around the world were enjoined to turn off their lights for one hour, between 8 and 9 pm as a symbolic gesture to draw attention to the relationship between energy use and global warming.

With much of Manila close to sea-level one might have expected the occasion to have been taken seriously. Alas it was not to be.

As the photo of Alabang Town Centre shows, in Manila, both government and private sector alike largely ignored the event. There was no noticeable difference at all to the public lighting during the one hour period.