What used to be known as Earth Hour back in the early 2000's has now evolved to Off-Day. We not longer shut off the lights and other electric appliances once a year, most homes have implemented an Off-Day each week. It is somewhat reminiscent of the days of yore when religious traditions observed "the day of rest", the "Sabbath" for Jews on Saturday or Sundays for Christians, or "Jumu'ah" Fridays for Muslims.
Now that we have evolved into a human race that values empirical questioning and rationality rather than basing our thoughts and actions on folklore. We have also largely done away with the notion of a religious day of rest. Instead, this tradition has morphed in to a "day of rest from electricity". We saw similar movements beginning around 2010, such as PowerOff Weekends or even related causes such as Meatless Mondays. Proponents of these small-scale but impactful geastures have grown in numbers over the years and now it's the norm.
Every Off-Day is a celebration of family and/or friends where we go back-to-basics. Actually it's funny that we even use the term "back-to-basics" because Gen Xers and those born after barely had any idea what "basics" meant. When growing up "basic" was your TV with your own game console attached, it was a calorie-rich diet that did nothing for our health or our figures, it was disregard for water and electricity use, and so many more bad habits. What we've learnt to do is go back to the basics of my parents and grand-parents time, but truly create a new normal for ourselves.
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