Switch off for the Earth’s sake
Take a stand against climate change.
AHEAD of the symbolic switch off for Earth Hour on Saturday, 29 March, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South Africa calls on everyone to make a public promise to the earth at www.earthhour.org.za, so that in the hour of darkness from 8.30pm to 9.30pm, one can reflect on one’s commitment beyond the hour.
Earth Hour first started in Sydney, Australia, in 2007 when 2.2-million households turned off their lights for one hour to make a stand against climate change.
Today Earth Hour is much more than just switching off lights for an hour once a year. It’s a growing international campaign to encourage people to make sustainable choices in every aspect of their lives and the act of switching off the lights for the hour has taken on symbolic significance. This year South Africans are being challenged to go one step further by publically responding to the question, ‘How do you honour the Earth?’ with the intention of changing the way one behaves towards the environment.
“If we all add our voice by sharing our promise, we not only uphold our own best intentions but we can motivate those around us,” said Pedzi Gozo, executive manager of communications, WWF South Africa. “The growing collection of promise forms are an inspiring overview of the varied actions that everyday citizens are taking to make a difference.”
Make your promise to the Earth by thinking about the choices you make around food, energy and water use – and the wider impact on the environment.
