Warid Supports Earth Hour 2011 – One Hour for the Earth
One Hour for the Earth – The Earth Hour! Show your support for Earth Hour 2011. The hour to make a difference is coming. Join millions in spreading the word around you and come forward to celebrate EARTH HOUR 2011.
When and What To Do?
- Switch off/dimm your Home/Office lights at 8:30 – 9:30pm (Pakistan Standard Time) on 26th March 2011. When you turn off your lights please take your time out to think as how you can contribute to keep this planet green.
Earth Hour is the world’s largest global climate change initiative. It’s a global commitment led by (WWF) World Wide Fund for Nature for energy conservation, climate change and global warming. Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. Only a year later Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with millions people across the world.
The rising Pakistan is one of the 128 countries to observe Earth Hour 2011. Warid Telecom in collaboration with WWF Pakistan and its business partner Singtel (Singapore Telecom, Asia’s telecom industry giant) is celebrating EH 2011 with great enthusiasm and commitment.
We all have a stake in the future of our planet and we must learn to operate in ways that don’t deplete our world’s limited natural resources. Considering our heavy reliance on fossil based energy supplies, credible economic modeling indicates we have just five years to initiate a low carbon industrial revolution before runaway climate change becomes almost inevitable. So now’s the time to take a stand and give our leaders the mandate they need to make the right climate deal.
By just being focused and taking Little Echo Steps in routine life we can make the difference, such as at home we can ensure to turn off unnecessary lights and specially unplugging the equipment that drains energy when not in use (i.e. cell phone chargers, batteries, microwave ovens, printers etc) We can also use natural lighting/daylighting when feasible and can turn off lights near windows. During summer we can close or adjust window blinds to block direct sunlight to reduce cooling needs and there can be many more green acts one can do in its everyday life to control energy wastage and reduce our carbon footprint.
You can support Earth Hour by:
- Turn off your non essential lights and appliances at 8:30PM-9:30PM on March 26th (PST)
- Light a candle and see your world in a whole new light.
- Show your support adding yourself to our world map.
- Add Earth Hour widgets, logos and banners to your blog or website to help us spread the word. You could even be our Earth Hour Online Supporter of the Day.
- Talk about Earth Hour in your social network by updating your Facebook status and more
- Get together with your friends and family, by hosting an Earth Hour party or holding your own candlelit affair.
- Rally your local council or community group to run an Earth Hour event for your community.
- Encourage your employer and workmates to take part in Earth Hour and make energy savings every day.
- Make an Earth Hour Lantern as a symbol of hope for the future.
- Be creative! Find a new way to mark Earth Hour and let us know all about it. (wwfpak.org)
No change is possible without individual participation, and every individual has the power to effect change. Lets SPREAD THE WORD FOR EARTH HOUR 2011 and show the world what can be done.
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