Earth Hour 2009: Vote Earth!

Last year, we let you know about Earth Hour 2008 as the city of Phoenix shut off all of its city run lights to recognize the global event. Earth Hour began back in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, and this year the plan is to come back even bigger and better than the previous two, which have seen over 50 million participants.

For those that aren't aware, Earth Hour is one hour when people turn off their lights to demonstrate the kind of energy that can be conserved when everyone gets involved. This year, the plan is to see over one billion people take a part in Earth Hour to conduct a "global election" of sorts, known as Vote Earth. Basically, "VOTE EARTH is a global call to action for every individual, every business, and every community".

Earth Hour occurs on March 28, 8:30-9:30 pm local time. Hopefully, this year will go beyond expectations even, as over 74 countries have pledged to jump in. To find out more, head on over to Earth Hour.

Comments

[sandipchanna]

Thanks for promoting Earth Hour! Another way you can recruit people to the cause is by creating a Earth Hour group on Commit21.com. Simply create a group about one action that you will commit to do for Earth Hour and recruit your friends, family, and co-workers to get involved in that action as well. When it comes to climate change, simple actions can make huge differences and Commit21 leverages social media to influence networks of friends, family, and co-workers. Check it out at: http://www.commit21.com/

[Dominique Hind]

The interesting thing about this years campaign is that, as we get into the home stretch with just over two weeks to go, there are over 1,000 cities involved with Earth Hour. A massive increase from last years number of around 370.

The billion people is still the biggest target, so everyone needs to join the Vote Earth community (live 13 March) on http://www.voteearth2009.org to have your say. Get your friends to join - encourage, push and beg. One billion people is a lot to get behind a campaign, but it will help with making a difference at Copenhagen.

To have a look at the campaign material go to:
http://tinyurl.com/av8df5
ttp://tinyurl.com/cy5grv