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Welcome to Earth HourEarth Hour Takes Off!
Businesses are signing on from Key West to Brooklyn to Los Angeles. Schools are joining up in Lake Charles, Louisiana; Eureka Springs, Arkansas; Dayton, Ohio and Slinger, Wisconsin. Girl Scouts will mark Earth Hour in Connecticut, Illinois and Arizona. People in smaller cities are joining in: Concord, Massachusetts and LaGrange, Texas. One Illionis city issued a proclamation "recommending to the residents and businesses of Homer Glen to participate by turning out non-essential lights from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m" on March 29. The list keeps growing. Check here. If your company, school or group isn't there, sign up. Check out our new Earth Hour video with Emmy-award winning actor Jeremy Piven. Now is your chance to show us what you'll be doing! Grab that digital camera and upload a video of your plans for Earth Hour. Or e-mail us. Will you be throwing a party in the dark with friends? Having a flashlight scavenger hunt with the kids? Joining neighbors and friends in a local park? Whatever it is, tell us your story and we'll share it with the world! 
No "second city" here. Chicago was the first city to become an official Earth Hour flagship partner. Mayor Richard M. Daley, Eric Dinerstein of World Wildlife Fund, Anne Pramaggiore, vice president of ComEd, Michael Cornicelli, vice president of the Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago and Tom Bernardin, CEO of Leo Burnett Worldwide joined others for a Feb. 15 kickoff news conference at Navy Pier. "An important part of Chicago's efforts to be the most environmentally-friendly city in the world is to understand the effects of climate change on our city," said Chicago's Mayor Richard M. Daley. "Programs like Earth Hour 2008 remind us that we all share the responsibility for global warming, and we all can be part of the solution." Click here to learn how your community can become a part of the movement Score one for the Earth! The San Francisco Giants will feature the Earth Hour video on their giant stadium scoreboard during their March 27th and 28th pre-season (and pre-Earth Hour!) games. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin wants to leave her city's residents in the dark. But just for an hour. "I call on citizens and business leaders across Atlanta to support Earth Hour," Mayor Franklin said. "Once again, our great city will be a beacon of action and change for the rest of the world to see." Blogs! Social Media! Earth Hour is Online MySpace. Facebook. YouTube. The blogosphere. Everywhere you turn online, Earth Hour is there. Check out our sites on all the social networks, and if you've got your own blog or social networking site, link to us and join our groups! Climate (for) Change - Earth Hour's weekly tip Unplug your cell phone charger and tabletop appliances when not in use. Items on standby use electricity too! |
Landmarks to "Turn Out" From Coast to Coast What do the Sears Tower, Wrigley Field Marquee, Coit Tower and the Georgia Aquarium have in common? They'll all be going dark on March 29th! Thanks to the commitment of leaders in our partner cities, these iconic American sites will join with personal landmarks-your homes, businesses and schools across America- to turn out the lights and take a visible stand against climate change. Earth Hour World GeoQuiz Where on Earth is Suva? What's an Aalborg? Where in the world is Aarhus? Learn about some of two dozen global cities that are joining Earth Hour at http://www.earthhour.org/cities Earth Hour for Kids! Parents and teachers - Earth Hour is not just for grownups. WWF has created fun and informative activities that kids can do before and during Earth Hour to learn about the importance of saving energy and helping to protect our environment. And the National Education Association is now backing Earth Hour. Check out our teachers' guides here |
