Just a quick reminder that Earth Hour is tonight from 8:30pm to 9:30pm (local time). One hour of lessened electrical usage might not suddenly spark a mass movement towards a cleaner greener world, but I hope you’ll all join me in turn your stuff off for 60 minutes to recognize that there is a cost for the conveniences we are fortunate enough to have – and that debt has come due.

But before you go powering everything down for a bit of candle-lit clockwatching, check out these posts on Lost Laowai peripherally connected to the topic:

• “Earth Hour” VS “Serf Liberation Day”
• China wants Chinese product importers to pay for her pollution