I was at my friend's house, Sof, last wednesday (new year's eve) and we were talking about Earth Hour. Am suppose to post this entry last week. But am so caught up with something else so I decided to post it today....
FYI, on March 28, Saturday, 8.30pm, is the Earth Hour. What is Earth hour???
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia with 2.2 million homes and businesses turning their lights off for one hour. Only a year later and this event had become a global sustainability movement with up to 50 million people across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.
Earth Hour 2009 is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. A call to stand up, to take responsibility and to get involved in working towards a sustainable future. Iconic buildings and landmarks from Europe to The Americas will stand in darkness. People across the world will turn off their lights and join together in creating the vital conversation about the future of our precious planet.
Over 64 countries and territories are participating in Earth Hour 2009. This number grows every day as people realise how such a simple act, can have such a profound result in affecting change.
Earth Hour is a message of hope and a message of action. Everyone can make a difference.
Visit
this site for more info on conservation and what you can do to save our planet, especially our marine. So guys, please
sign up now!!! Mark you calendar so that you can remember and participate in this campaign. That night, let us turn our light off for an hour and think how much carbon dioxide we can save from released to the atmosphere..... you can make a difference... we can make a difference... everyone can make a difference...
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