At 8.30 PM on Saturday 26th March, people will switch off lights around the Planet for Earth Hour; millions will also commit to continuing actions for a sustainable Planet that will go beyond the hour.
Hi everyone we're back! Nat and I thought we would talk about Earth Hour which is happening this Saturday. Every year our family signs up for Earth Hour and all throughout the year we make sure that we turn off lights that aren't needed and use low energy light bulbs. Nat has become a bit of an activist on climate change and what we can all do help our Planets sustainability and has posted some ideas above on how to help lower your carbon footprint, have a look at his blog post he wrote about climate change from a few months ago.
Earth Hour is in its fourth year now and began in 2007 when Sydney Australia took a stand against climate change, 2.2 million people turned their lights off for just one hour. Since then Earth Hour has become a truly global event with at least 128 countries participating this year!
Earth Hour has shown us how millions of people can come together to send a a powerful message that it's possible for all of us to take action against climate change, becoming a major event each year in a global effort for a more sustainable Planet.
This year the Earth Hour Organisation is asking us all to go beyond the hour by taking simple yet effective action that will make the world a better place. Its a bit like taking a pledge for yourself to do something on a continuing basis that will help lower your carbon footprint; It can be as easy as changing to lower energy light bulbs, to always turning off your computer at night or maybe something a bit more creative such as growing your own vegetables!
At www.earthhour.org you can go to their beyond Earth Hour page, click on the blue square with a cross in it at the bottom of the screen and let everyone know what you will be doing to go beyond Earth Hour, you can also share a story and add a photo or video, I might add one of Nat planting his tomatoes!
Let us know what you will be doing for Earth Hour and what you will be doing to go beyond the hour, have fun on Saturday night we are off to buy candles and will be looking down towards the coast to see the lights being turned off.
See you all soon,
Kate and Nat
email me at kate@weareamazing.com.au
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