Earth Hour
Earth Hour is a global lights-out phenomenon led by the
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to show support for action on climate change.
It happens every year on the
last Saturday of March
from 8:30 to 9:30pm
wherever you are worldwide.
We encourage you to participate with us next year and unplug, unwind and reflect.
What Happened in Edmonton
In 2012, Edmonton decreased its power consumption by 3.4% The City of Edmonton, as an organization, reduced its power consumption by 12.2%.
For the past four years, the City has hosted a community event in front of City Hall but this year we focused our efforts on more grass roots initiatives in keeping with the WWF decision to make Earth Hour a celebration of all things unplugged at the community level. The WWF would like to see more individuals and groups to organize local events rather than have cities lead these initiatives. The City of Edmonton continues to support Earth Hour in a variety of ways and encourages everyone to get involved in whatever ways works best for them, so long as it happens in the dark! The WWF's new "playbooks" offer lots of tips and ideas on how you can celebrate Earth Hour or host local events. Use them to plan your event for 2013!The City’s Office of Environment worked to promote Earth Hour among individuals, businesses, schools, Community Leagues and post-secondary institutions.
About Earth Hour
Earth Hour began in 2007 in Sydney, Australia. More than 2.2 million people across the world turned off their lights.
2012 was the fifth year that Edmonton participated in Earth Hour. Earth Hour gives us all a chance to reflect on our energy consumption. It is important to continue to make changes to your everyday lifestyle and show you care about the planet.
For tips and resources on how to reduce your environmental impact visit Carbon Dioxide Reduction Edmonton (CO2RE), our community initiative to reduce local greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
For more ideas on how to take action against climate change visit Earth Hour Canada.
For more information:
Office of Environment
Suite 750, Tower 1 Scotia Place
10060 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5J 3R8
| Telephone | In Edmonton: 311 |
|---|---|
| Fax | 780-495-0612 |
| env@edmonton.ca | |
| Website | (http://www.edmonton.ca/ecovision) |
