Earth Hour 2010 – two weeks to go!

Yes it is just two weeks until Earth Hour 2010!

Hj imagery is throwing its support behind Earth Hour  – an annual event coordinated by WWF-Australia to raise awareness of climate change. The campaign aims to encourage councils, households, schools, businesses and organisations to take practical everyday steps to reduce their environmental footprint.

Along with millions of others around the globe, hj imagery will ‘power down’ for one hour on Saturday March 27 at 8:30pm by turning off essential lighting and machines, and unplugging appliances at the power point.

‘The simple act of turning lights off sends a powerful message that if individuals take small steps, collectively we can make a huge difference in reducing our carbon footprint. Mindful of the 2010 Earth Hour motto, ‘Earth Hour, Every Hour’ we’ve committed to long-term goals for sustainability.

Whilst turning off lights and other electronic appliances during Earth Hour is a great first step, the idea is to make a commitment beyond the hour. By making some simple and inexpensive changes in the home or business we can encourage our community to be more energy efficient and environmentally friendly.

“Earth Hour is an opportunity to demonstrate a comitment to tackling climate change,” says Greg Bourne, CEO, WWF-Australia. “Earth Hour is driven by citizens and grassroots groups thinking globally and acting locally in the community, and there’s plenty of ways for everyone to get involved.”

During Earth Hour there are number of ways to take advantage of the dark – events will run in cities, towns and municiplities throughout Australia hosted by local businesses, schools, councils and family and friends at home.

Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, when more than 2 million people turned off their lights. Since then participants have grown progressively around the world. In 2009 numbers swelled to hundreds of millions as 4189 cities, in 88 countries as well as many of the world’s best know landmarks participated.

It’s easy to get involved:

1. 1. Sign up to Earth Hour

Register your home, business, organisation or school to participate in Earth Hour. To register go to www.earthhour.org.au. Signing up is absolutely free and you will be provided with an Earth Hour information pack. This also helps us to track who’s in this year.

1. 2. Measure your environmental impact on the planet

WWF is asking everyone to make one Earth Hour resolution to reduce their impact – or ‘footprint’ – on the planet on an ongoing basis. Measure yours via the footprint calculator at earthhour.org.

1. 3. Turn off the lights!

For one hour, Saturday, 27 March 2010 at 8:30pm.

Don’t forget to alert others too… talk about it at work, to the check out assistant while shopping, friends and family, post about it on Facebook or Twitter and encourage them all to do their part!