Our colleagues within Balfour Beatty Workplace have supplied us with the following information for our members to consider taking part in:
At 8.30pm (BST) on Saturday 23 March, hundreds of millions of people across the globe will switch off the lights of homes and business for one hour – Earth Hour.
In 2007, 2.2 million Sydney residents decided to turn off all non essential lights to raise awareness about the need to tackle climate change. Many others followed their lead and last year, over 152 countries and 7,000 cities switched off. Some of the world’s most famous landmarks (the Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, Sydney Opera House) stood in darkness to mark the event.
So we’re asking you to join Stephen Fry, Nelson Mandela, Cate Blanchett, Coldplay, the BBW Sustainability Team (amongst millions of others) to join the switch off revolution and Care, Dare, and Share:
- Care – recognise that climate change it is an ever growing issue which we all have a responsibility to take action on both at home and at work - we can all make a positive difference.
- Dare - make a pledge by turning off all non essential lights in your house for that one hour. It’s a simple as that. Do your friends and family know about Earth Hour? How many people can you inspire to dare to join in?
- Share – let us know if you switched off by emailing Sustainable.FM@bbworkplace.com. Switch on by switching off this Saturday.
For more information about Earth Hour - http://www.earthhour.org/
