Turn it off! Adeje joins WWF’s Earth Hour between 8.30 and 9.30pm on Saturday 29 March

[Janet]

Adeje's environment councillor, Esther Rivero Vargas, has said that Adeje will again be taking part in the world-wide Earth Hour initiative, organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), with the aim of encouraging moves to reduce CO2 emissions around the plant. The councillor explained, "the Earth Hour project works to help the world's population fight against climate change, and here the public bodies have taken the project on board, and in Adeje we will be turning off the lights in many public buildings." She said that anyone who would like to join in the scheme can do so voluntarily: "all you have to do is turn off your lights on March 29th".

Earth Hours is a world-wide event, and takes place on Saturday 29 March between 8.30pm and 9.30pm when the lights on many public council buildings including the Town Hall, the outside of the Casa Fuerte, the tax and tourism office, sports centres and the exterior lighting on the CDTCA will be turned off. In other buildings such as the Local Police central office and in public parks lights will be turned down during the same hour.

"This initiative now has the support of over 100 countries and more than 7,000 cities and towns", said Esther Rivero Vargas, "and in the Canaries six towns, including Adeje". The council is also asking the public to take part by turning off those lights that they can during the hour in question as a symbolic gesture which could have global benefits. JA

[Perikles]

So why do these lights have to be on at that time anyway?

[Nova]

and if they can do without those lights for an hour, why don't they do it every day and make a real difference?

[Perikles]

Sorry to sound cynical, but the councillor presumably thinks that in the absence of actually doing something useful, she must be seen to be doing something, even when that something is totally and blatantly pointless.

[Pete]

You mean 97%+ of all politicians out there?