Costa Rica To Join Earth
Hour
In a couple of weeks the lights in the Plaza de la Democracia will
go dark, in a blackout to save the environment, as San José
is one of 377 cities already signed to for Earth Hour 2009.
In 2009, at 8.30pm on March 28, people around the world will turn
their lights off for one hour – Earth Hour, where as many as one
billion people in more than 1000 cities, all join together in a
global effort to show that its possible to take action on global
warming.
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia with 2.2 million
homes and businesses turning their lights off for one hour. Only a
year later and this event had become a global sustainability
movement with up to 50 million people across 35 countries
participating. Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in
San Francisco, Rome’s Colosseum and the Coca Cola billboard in Times
Square, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that
grows more urgent by the hour.
Earth Hour 2009 is a global call to action to every individual,
every business and every community. A call to stand up, to take
responsibility and to get involved in working towards a sustainable
future. Iconic buildings and landmarks from Europe to The Americas
will stand in darkness. People across the world will turn off their
lights and join together in creating the vital conversation about
the future of our precious planet.
Over 64 countries and territories are participating in Earth Hour
2009. This number grows every day as people realize how such a
simple act, can have such a profound result in affecting change.
Earth Hour is a message of hope and a message of action. Everyone
can make a difference.
Join us for Earth Hour 2009, turn off your lights at 8.30pm Saturday
28 March and sign-up here to be counted.
For more information on Earth hour and map of the cities already
committed go to:
http://www.earthhour.org/ |
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