I know I haven’t been blogging actively. I’m too pre-occupied with my little business. But everything is about to change – I hope. I hope to be able to blog post a blog EVERYDAY.

Wish me luck!

I’m so glad that me and my whole family took part in this event! See jump why.

WWF and Meralco estimates that more than a million Filipinos participated, saving 56MWh of energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 30-tonnes in Luzon alone – equivalent to shutting down an entire coal-fired powerplant!

Yes, the 30 tons is for the entire hour. This translates into:

Number of cars equivalent

Luzon: 334 cars consuming full tank fuel of 40L; 263 jeepneys consuming full tank fuel of 45L
MM: 96 cars 75 jeepneys

Number of households equivalent

Luzon – 560 households consuming 100kWh/ month
MM – 160 hh @ 100kWh/month

Millions of pesos equivalent

Luzon – 552,338.47 = P532,000 (kWh savings@ P9.5/kWh) + P20,338.47 (CO2 avoidance @ EUR10/t-CO2 and P66.034/EUR)
MM – 157,810.99 = P152,000 (kWh savings) + P5,810.99 (CO2 avoidance)

8PM today in the Philippines, we joined many countries in the globe as we celebrated the Earth Hour. I thought it was strictly implemented by the government through Meralco but it was not.

I texted some friends to ask if they intend to turn off their lights, just for curiosity since I am determined to join the campaign. I’m glad that both Mon and my FIL support the campaign as well. However, at first, my MIL refused to turn off the TV. She said why would she turn it off when she’s lucky to have electricity. I’m proud of my FIL since he was able to convince MIL (knowing MIL) and that he realized that this campaign will greatly affect his apo, Ayex.

I’m proud to have joined this campaign and hope that it will happen again.