Spend a Candlelit Hour with Gisele
Monday, March 15th, 2010Filed under: Celebrities, Activism, Climate Change
In less than two weeks, Earth Hour will be here. On Saturday, March 27th, at 8:30 p.m. local time, the lights will go out for an hour on landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Golden Gate Bridge, at office buildings and hotels, and in homes all around the world.
For the past three years, a growing global community has been making a simple but dramatic statement about climate change, turning off our lights to send a message to our governments.
We want meaningful action on clean energy, with viable alternatives to dirty oil and coal. We want to stop the wasteful and polluting behaviors that are messing up our air chemistry, melting glaciers, and having an impact on the entire eco-system. We want leadership!
Earth Hour 2009 had almost a billion participants around the world, on all seven continents. This year the World Wildlife Fund, and celebrity sponsors like Gisele Bundchen and her nearly as pretty husband Tom Brady, hope that even more people with vote with their light switch.
One of the things I love about Earth Hour is how easy they make it for people to participate and spread the word. They have tool kits for individuals, countdown widgets to post on your site, lesson plans for schools, sample emails to customers for businesses who participate, and so much more.
If you're a visual learner/experiencer, check out the T-shirts, posters, and loads of videos showing how eerie and amazing the world looks as the lights go out.
Get inspired and turn off your lights!
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