Source: Xinhua
03-31-2009 09:22
Special Report: Tech MaxNEW YORK, March 28 (Xinhua) -- As for the 3rd-grader Daniel Klina, one hour at a regular weekend evening doesn't mean much, but Earth Hour on Saturday evening mattered a lot.
 |
| As for the 3rd-grader Daniel Klina, one hour at a regular weekend evening doesn't mean much, but Earth Hour on Saturday evening mattered a lot.(File photo) |
"Although it was an hour of darkness, it seems like a beacon lighting our way forward," she said, adding: "I have realized that all of us should do something so as to save the earth."
Tens of thousands of people in Times Square, New York, were standing in this "Crossroads of the World" on Saturday evening, as many of the massive billboards, including the giant Coca-Cola display, darkened.
"I was shocked, although it was expected, when I saw the lights on these massive billboards go out and become sort of huge blackboards in our school," said Klina, who was with a number of kids from families knowing each other well.
Kate Klina, mother of Daniel Klina, thought it was worth taking the children to Times Square to "have a sense of how adults" were eager to "keep the Earth a good place to live."
"I don't think the Earth Hour could save a lot, but it has planted the seeds of crisis in the minds of these kids," said KateKlina. "The kids will realize this evening that if we do not take good care of the Earth, then human beings will have to live in harsh conditions beyond our imagination."
Times Square, sometimes known as the "Crossroads of the World," has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and has become a symbol of the city. Times Square is principally defined by its spectaculars, animated, digital advertisements.
The theaters of Broadway and the huge number of animated neon and LED signs have long made it one of New York's iconic images, and a symbol of the intensely urban aspects of Manhattan. Times Square is the only neighborhood with zoning ordinances requiring building owners to display illuminated signs. The density of illuminated signs in Times Square now rivals that of Las Vegas.
