On March 28th, millions of people from hundreds of countries will stand together and turn off their lights for one hour. This Saturday marks the fifth anniversary of the Earth Hour event, which raises awareness towards the growing concerns for climate change. What started off as an idea, has now exploded into the world’s largest global climate change initiative… and we want you to get involved!
How can you help?
First things first, at 8:30pm Saturday night, we urge you to turn off your lights for one hour. During the 8760 hours in a year, our lives are filled with the nonstop rush of electricity everywhere we look. Why not take 60 minutes to show we care? Take 60 minutes to prove a point. Take 60 minutes to improve the world we all call home! But it doesn’t stop there…
Talk to your family, friends, colleagues, teachers, strangers, or whoever, and try and get the word out! The World Wildlife Fund wants everybody and anybody to get involved, in anyway they can. From flicking off your lights at home, to some of the most significant monuments on plant earth going dark, millions will be trying to change they way we look at climate change. Regardless if its taking an hour to play flashlight tag with your family or a candlelight dinner for two, you can feel good knowing you’re doing your part towards a better earth.
Where we stand
We here at Ferguson Moving and Storage will be urging all of our employees and clients to do what they can this Saturday! We have strong feelings towards climate change, and are always looking for ways to improve the way we do business here in order to make our carbon footprint as small as possible. We love partnering with our friends at FROGBOX, who provide a green alternative to the standard cardboard moving boxes used elsewhere. We also recently introduced new software at our offices, which has reduced our paper intake drastically!
But what will you be doing? Have you participated in previous years events? Maybe you have some tips for the newcomers this year? Whatever it is, we would love to hear about it. Leave us a comment below or post a message on our Facebook and Twitter pages and we’ll be sure to spread the word.
EARTH HOUR 2011 – TURN OFF THE LIGHTS
