Earth Hour 2015 is March 28th from 8:30 – 9:30PM Local Time, will you be participating?
For the past several years our family has always participated in this event. We don’t do anything drastic, but we do shut down all power for that one hour. We then light some candles, maybe pour a glass of wine, have some munchies and spend the time talking or playing a game. Earth Hour is a symbolic gesture to raise awareness of what we all need to do to make sure our planet will still be a viable option for families in the centuries or millennia to come.
EARTH HOUR IS A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT BY WWF.
The WWF is the parent organisation of Earth Hour and started Earth Hour with teams and partners in Sydney, Australia back in 2007.
Earth Hour belongs to you. Celebrate your commitment to the planet with your friends, family, community or at work – in your own way.
As of today, there are more than 600 events on the Earth Hour Tracker! From a lights-out event at the Niagara Falls to the World’s Largest Candlelit dinner in Finland, there’s bound to be an event for you. Join an event closest to you, or set up your own! You can register your event at Earth Hour Tracker.
A simple event can be just turning off all non-essential lights from 8.30pm-9:30 pm.
For one hour, focus on your commitment to our planet for the rest of this year. To celebrate, you can have a candle lit dinner, talk to your neighbours, stargaze, go camping, play board games, have a concert, screen an environmental documentary post the hour, create or join a community event – the possibilities are endless.
Want to make you event more exciting? Download and use the free starter-kit assets.
You can also create your own Earth Hour themed social media, banners, videos, blogs, websites or art. Write a song. Stage a play. Get creative! The kids will love this!
Whether your event is large or small, prior to the start, you could watch the official 2015 Earth Hour video.
Earth Hour 2015 is about getting the crowd to use #YourPower to change climate change. Take action and join the global movement today at http://earthhour.org/join-the-movement.
Remember, Earth Hour 2015 is March28th 2015 at 8:30-9:30pm local time.
Are you and your family or friends planning to take part in Earth Hour 2015?
Do you think Earth Hour is a concept you want to share with your children?
Betty MacDonald says
What a great idea – definitely gonna join in with this event Monica.
Betty
Monica Parlee says
Awesome Betty! It certainly brings awareness to climate change and every little bit that we all do helps.
Patricia says
We have been observing… is that the right word… Earth Hour as well. Can’t believe it is that time of year already. Am going to send myself a reminder right now. Thanks for the heads up as I want to ” plan” something to do.
Monica Parlee says
If you plan ahead a bit, it can be a fun thing to do. I always like to look out the windows to see what neighbours are taking part, there are always lots of them!
Catherine White says
I’ll be observing Earth Hour this evening as well. Maybe doing some reading or knitting, by candle light
or just, day…oops evening dreaming, being quiet to hear the sounds of No Power.
Monica Parlee says
Awesome Kathy, sounds like a great way to spend Earth Hour!