Symbols never have a specific meaning, but serve to identify and identify with something. For more than 10 years the WWF has been organizing Earth Hour (Earth Hour) as a symbol of the defense of the planet. Saturday 23 March for one hour, from 20.30 to 21.30, we will turn off the lights and we will all try to consume less electricity. “It is an hour that could change the next decades: much more than an event, a gesture that has the value of changing our future” is the appeal of the WWF.
We do it to lend a hand against climate change. Every year we try to beat the record of 190 participating countries. Overall, the human and social dramas taking place in many parts of the world are taken into account. Also on this day the promoters remind us that the planet is divided into two parts, which are in turn divided into many sub-categories. Having continuous electricity available means being on the fat side of the world where everything moves because there is sufficient energy. Those in the non-fat part of the planet would like to do so but are prevented by historical or contingent conditions such as wars and internal strife.
Water and electricity: here are those who don't have them
All those who start a conflict first think of depriving the attacked populations of water and electricity. They knowingly pursue people's basic needs in order to be right with their cruelties. Millions of women and men don't even know that through these initiatives we are thinking of them too. In the hour of darkness, if possible, let's use natural light, turn off non-essential machines, and relax without interacting with our identity gadgets. It is a symbolic gesture, in fact.
In Italy they are consumed every year 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. On Saturday evening many buildings will remain dark to strengthen the global gesture and remind all of us that earth pollution is a disease that needs to be cured. “Often healing can come from where illness originates,” the philosopher recently wrote Vito Mancuso. Let's try it. The first milestone against climate change – in 2030 – is six years away: 52728 hours. Will 6 hours less for each Earth Hour make us less vulnerable? Maybe yes, for this reason it is worth staying (a little) in the dark.
