Comments on: Why release 60 balloons into the air to launch Earth Hour Singapore?

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:13:54 +0000

The use of balloons that crosses global lines is tragic when it some to pollution, but do a search on the garbage patch that is bigger than the state of Texas, and see the future!

By: Pink Dot - Freedom to love, not mass balloon release #pinkdot – Dee Kay Dot As Gee

Sun, 17 May 2009 10:01:14 +0000

[...] is it that all these non profit organization likes to release balloons into the air so much huh? Earth Hour released 60 balloons to signify the 60 minutes of earth hour. Marriage Central released 1000 [...]

By: dk

dk — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:43:30 +0000

Teigan: If your company have done extensive research on balloon releases, then I’m sure you would have seen this.

http://www.mcsuk.org/mcsaction/pollution/balloons

You are right, some balloons will shatter into many of pieces if they reach high enough in the atmosphere. But you forgot that not all balloons reaches that height. Some of them return back to the ground without shattering. Those are still harmful to the wildlife.

And you will have to depends on luck to see how many thousands of pieces the balloon scatter into. If it breaks into 2 pieces, it is still big enough to harm smaller wildlife.

So why take the chance?

By: Teigan

Teigan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:11:40 +0000

If you bothered to do your research before writing this up, you would have found out that once a balloon is inflated with helium and released into the earths atmosphere, once it reaches a few miles high, the pressure is so high and the temperature is so low, the balloons will shatter into thousands of tiny pieces. This can not kill a sperm whale. I do agree that a whole balloon may, but a balloon that has been released and shattered and fallen back to the earth CANNOT.
I work in the industry and have done extensive research on ballon releases and also ran several tests.
Please be careful what you say.

By: Dee Kay Dot As Gee on TNP – Dee Kay Dot As Gee

Dee Kay Dot As Gee on TNP – Dee Kay Dot As Gee — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:20:26 +0000

[...] Thanks to Nicole and Xizor for alerting me, else I would never know that TNP quoted my blog entry today in their article. The quotes are from my blog entry asking why Earth Hour Singapore release 60 balloons during their launch. [...]

By: Earth Hour – Dee Kay Dot As Gee

Earth Hour – Dee Kay Dot As Gee — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 12:32:33 +0000

[...] to Singapore Earth Hour organisers: Next year, Please stop releasing balloons to mark the launch of earth hour again. [...]

By: Of Earth Hour, WWF, ignorance and over-hype by the Penang State Government | The Obnoxious 5xmom

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:55:05 +0000

[...] Someone in Singapore also blogged about the balloons released in Singapore to launch Earth Hour. Can someone tell me why is there a need to release 60 balloons into the air to “signify” the launch of earth hour in Singapore? Yes, I understand that these are biodegradable balloons. But do you know how long it takes to bio-degrade? 1 week? 1 month? 6 month? And while it is bio-degrading, it is considered a pollution? What if the balloon end up in the sea and some marine life mistook it as their prey and eat it? There are known case where infant sperm whales and marine turtles died as a result of swallowing balloons. Some of them are near extinction. It doesn’t matter if the balloons are biodegradable or not. The damages are the same. [...]

By: Releasing 1000 balloons into the sky as a symbol of soaring love – Dee Kay Dot As Gee

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 03:30:48 +0000

[...] understand how a simple releasing of balloon can be used to signify love. (And in previous case, signify launch of earth hour) If releasing balloon can be used to signify anything, I think it should be signifying pollution [...]

By: carefornature

carefornature — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:20:33 +0000

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By: The Singapore Daily » Blog Archive » Weekly Roundup: Week 10

The Singapore Daily » Blog Archive » Weekly Roundup: Week 10 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 03:18:35 +0000

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