Going Green - Earth Hour.....turn off the lights
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PDF versionEarth Hour 2009 aims to reach more than one billion people in 1000 cities around the world, asking communities, business and governments to switch off the lights at 8.30pm on March 28th, for 1 hour. WWF want this historic, global event to send a strong message to our global leaders that, together, our small actions will represent a global vote for action on climate change.
Involve your guests, buy some candles - they are much more romantic.
Involve your families & your friends, show you care & how to make a difference by switching off your lights at 8:30pm for one hour.
Involve the kids, explain what your doing and the difference you want to make (ie reduce Green House Gas) and why ( to make a better world for future generations).
ON Saturday March 27, 2010 at 8:30 pm local time almost 100 iconic landmarks in 1000 cities and towns acround the world will switch off their lights for Earth Hour 2010. Involve your guests, buy some candles - they are much more romantic.
Involve your families & your friends, show you care & how to make a difference by switching off your lights at 8:30pm for one hour.
Visit the Webpage at http://www.earthhour.org.au/ where the history below is set out in more detail.
Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Approximately 2.2 million people and 2,100 businesses took part in the first year
In 2008, Earth Hour involved between 50 and 100 million people in 370 cities and towns around the world, including Chicago, Toronto, Copenhagen, Dublin, Atlanta and Bangkok took part
In 2009, the concept truly went global, with Earth Hour triggering people to "switch off" all over the world - from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to Times Square in New York. Millions of people in over 4,000 towns and municipalities in 88 countries took part.
Hi Robyn,
Thanks for alerting everyone on this.
I have no guests booked yet on the 28th March, and often don't on a Sunday.
However our family will take part. So in our own small way, we can make a statement on reducing gas emissions.