EARTH DAY, EVERY DAY

Last Sunday, 22 April was Earth Day 2007. It passed without any hoopla and with much apathy, in a truly typical Malaysian fashion.
I woke up that day expecting to find loads of thought-provoking editorials and earth-friendly articles in the pages of our newspapers. Again, I was greatly disappointed.
The silence from our leaders was also deafening – no quotes, no smart pesanan, no nothing.
Earth Day 2007 was of very little significance, I guess, when compared to let’s say, stories about which celebrities were being bomohed by which artistes, or the goings-on in Ijok.
Global warming – what’s that? Lambat lagi lah dia punya effect or impact, why worry?
OK. Perhaps it’s too much to ask our leaders to come up with a strong message on environmental protection and progress, especially when all their energy at this point seems to be channeled to that little Selangor constituency.
But the newspapers? I thought they could have done a bit more to educate the rakyat and their readers about what they could do, in their own little ways, to help preserve the planet for our children, their children and grandchildren.
Every little tip they publish would go a long way to help make every day the Earth Day.
In Sentul, the Myanmarese couple has been reunited with their children, I read from a small, single column article in a newspaper.
I bet it was a teary and emotional reunion, had the newspaper carried a picture. But hey, never mind, what’s important now is that parents and children are back together.
They have also asked to be left alone.
We’ll see.

3 comments:

Wetbenang
happy earth day to you.. Back in the states.. I remember joining a group of students celebrating this earth day...

10:16 AM  

Vernal Equinox -- the first moment of spring, when day and night are equal everywhere around the globe. That's the most "ideal" day for Earth Day, which made this year's to fall on March 20. Yup. I remembered "observing" the day back then as well...But do you know why it's "celebrated" on April 22, instead of March 20...?

1:23 PM  

Wetbenang
good question.. but I've no ideas..

3:01 PM  

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