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Outside the point;
The environmental NGO 350.org conducted a worldwide campaign yesterday to mark October 24th as an "international day for climate action" according to them. They opened up registration of activities from all around the world that got a neat response i must say. And then comes my story...
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Maldives, being the lowest lying piece of land on earth, has always been concerned about environment, has taken part in the smallest environmental campaigns and conducts activities throughout the year to remember the importance of environment and save it. Then came the 350 campaign. And the people were crazy. So was the government.
An underwater cabinet dive that got the world attention on the small country. (you can read about that everywhere on the net if you want). All major broadcasters were here to do the live coverage. It went so well. I thought we were finally heard. It was on the 17th of October.
That was the prelude. Then came the real bash! 24th of October! Oh my God! 24 hour long dive underwater with underwater chess, underwater sleeping, underwater drumming, underwater lectures, underwater formations, underwater dances... say anything with underwater and they did it. 24 hours of non-stop craze underwater while the people who couldn't go for a swim, perhaps, conducted rallies on the ground, awareness programs and plantation programs and then suddenly.... It all looked meaningless. So meaningless. A show. A drama. Cheap.
Are they concerned? Who is concerned? Concerned for what? Are they raising voices to save earth OR are they simply trying to get some attention?
All I saw was shame. Lame attempts. Enthusiasm gone showbiz. Love gone business.
This event, for me, was a perfect example of the saying, "Too much of anything is good for nothing"
PS; this is just my point of view.
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