UIN Online - Student Association (HMJ) of Information Technology Department (IT) of Science and Technology Faculty (Saintek) of State Islamic University (UIN) Alauddin Makassar held socialization of ‘Global Earth Hour’ movement. Samata, on Wednesday, April 2, 2014.

Prabowo Umar as the care-taker of the activity as well as the board of Community Service division said that the preparation for this socialization was only one day. "Although we only held internal socialization a day before holding the activity, all praises to Allah, the friends and the IT students could join this activity in the maximum number. This was because the hard work and the amazing spirit from all the board members," he added.

This activity invited the academic community to be aware of electrical energy. The chief of IT HMJ, Sudirman said that we could do it at least by turning off lights and electrical appliances for one hour to save the earth which increasingly became frail.

"Our biggest motivation that makes us voluntarily shout out this action even in the hot weather because we really care about the earth and greatly appreciate any small movement that will save or at least reduce the decrepitude of our earth," he said.