The solar flare thing is untrue. We switch off during night time, which is on the opposite site of the sun. If it were a direct hit, we should switch off the power on the site facing the sun.

Solar flare is a phenomenal where there are wave-like activity on the sun, where is create a large fire ring few thousand of kilometer high into the space. It create electomagnetic wave and propogates outward. Normal flare don't affect us much, but once a while, an extremely large flare may disrupt our communication and electronics devices.

If you watch the movie "Knowing", the event that happen at the end of the movie is due to solar flare. There is another fiction book by Arthur C Clarke and Stephen Baxter, title "Sunstorm".

The effort to promote earth day is a waste of resources. Then the firework generate heat and release greenhouse gases, which is not good to earth as well.

People still use plastic bag when doing grocery. Whenever possible, don't use plastic bag, try those canvas bag, or put your stuff into one single plastic bag rather than letting the counter to put your thing into another plastic bag. Even those degrable plastic bag, it still take up resource to manufacturer it.