Earth Hour concert spectators countdown
the last ten seconds to 8.30PM
Visitors at UCSI University’s Earth
Hour Concert get the chance to ride on a
hot-air balloon, to see the Earth in a whole
new light
One of the edu-jays with the EduXplorer
team quizzes a secondary school student
as part of the Earth Hour awareness campaign
Local band, Disagree hypes up the crowd
UCSI University’s School of Music performed
the "Earth Song"
Kuala Lumpur, 27 March 2010 -
UCSI University today commemorated Earth Hour in a big
way for the second year running, in its efforts to educate
and raise public awareness about environmental conservation.
The event featured hot-air balloon rides for the public,
and an open-air concert featuring popular bands such
as Disagree, An Honest Mistake, Eve and Halfway Kings.
At 8.30pm, UCSI University shut down its lights in synchrony
with many other cities around the world, in a symbolic
universal gesture to commemorate Earth Hour and in a
unified effort to promote environmental conservation,
mitigate global warming and the degradation of Mother
Earth. A global event, Earth Hour is observed by billions
of people every year on the last weekend of March. To
emphasize this, as a show of solidarity, concert-goers
at UCSI University’s Earth Hour concert released balloons
into the sky at count-down at 8.30pm, with a personal
pledge tied to each balloon to commit to an action that
will reduce global warming on an everyday basis. Dubbed
as “The Pledge for Mother Earth”, and joined by hundreds
of people from all walks of life, the event took place
right before the lights were switched off.
Prior to the event, the University also promoted the
Earth Hour cause to secondary school students around
the Klang Valley, and gave away goodies, courtesy of
MYC! Magazine, and GTi. The team, called EduXplorer,
is made up of UCSI University students who are equally
passionate about the cause, and wants to spread the
message.
This is the second time the University’s Corporate Affairs
Department organised the Earth Hour on campus, and the
department plans to make it an annual agenda. According
to Prof. Dr. Norfadzillah Bt. Hitam, Vice President,
Corporate Affairs, this event is important to educate
youths about the effects of global warming. “Planet
Earth is our life source, and it is our responsibility
to protect the Earth, and conserve the environment for
the sustenance of future generations.”
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updated: 03 Aug 2010
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