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April 17, 2009 As the lights faded in Honolulu, bringing Earth Hour 2009 to a close, hundreds of millions of people ‘voted earth’ in the world’s largest demonstration of public concern about climate change. The event was celebrated across 25 time zones in over 4,000 cities and towns in 88 countries.
April 15, 2009 By the Bermuda College Environmental Club and Amy Harvey: On Saturday, March 28, the Bermuda College Environmental Club hosted an Earth Hour 2009 fundraiser to raise awareness of climate change in the college community. Students, faculty and friends attended a candlelit evening of fun, food, games and dancing.
April 1, 2009 From the Bermuda Sun:Parts of the island disappeared into darkness for an hour on Saturday night, as islanders participated in the Earth Hour initiative to raise environmental awareness. It is not entirely clear from numbers provided by BELCO how many people consciously chose to join in by switching off the power, but it seems likely from anecdotal evidence that more people participated than last year … full story
Show your concern over climate change
March 28, 2009 From The Royal Gazette:Everyone can make a difference and environmental campaigners are urging you to do just that this evening. At 8.30 pm Bermuda will join nations around the planet in turning off the lights for one hour. Earth Hour is a global movement in which tens of millions of people have pledged to come together to demonstrate their concern about climate change by turning off their lights for 60 minutes. … full story
Can you survive an hour without TV on a Saturday night?
March 25, 2009 From the Bermuda Sun:Front Street will be in semi-darkness, restaurants will switch to candlelight and people all over the island plan to endure an hour without television. Bermuda will participate in the second Earth Hour this Saturday, from 8.30pm, when people across the globe are being urged to switch off everything fossil-fueled. The island's participation last year was less than spectacular - Belco reported the electricity load for the hour actually went up a little. In comparison, major metropolitan centres like Sydney and New York were plunged into darkness … full story
Copenhagen meeting highlights importance of climate change revolution
March 16, 2009 By Andy Ridley, Executive Director, Earth Hour Global
As you might know, more than 2000 scientists, economists and researchers completed a pre-Copenhagen negotiations meeting in Denmark last week. The meeting was designed to update the world on the state of climate research ahead of key political negotiations set for Copenhagen in December.
March 11, 2009 From the Bermuda Sun:… In honour of Earth Hour this month, why not start becoming more focused on the issues by watching some of the best-loved 'green' shows on TV today? A few picks worth checking out are Discovery Channel's Planet Earth on Sunday nights. It airs two episodes of this outstanding 11-part mini-series back to back, at 9pm and 10pm. Get to know our planet and better understand how we can protect the habitats and fragile ecosystems that sustain life here … full story
Sixty minutes that could change the world
March 5, 2009 From The Royal Gazette:One of the early and lasting slogans of the environmental movement is 'think globally, act locally', and on March 28th Bermuda's residents have an opportunity to do just that. This year's Earth Hour is being touted as a global referendum where switching off your lights is tantamount to a vote for global action on climate change, and while the 60 minutes in and of itself will produce a negligble impact on carbon emissions, each 'vote' could prove immense … full story
Greenrock launches Earth Hour Bermuda website
February 17, 2009 From The Royal Gazette:Sustainability group Greenrock has set up a website devoted to Earth Hour when people in Bermuda are being asked to turn off their lights for 60 minutes. The website www.greenrock.org/EarthHour2009 was launched to coincide with its newspaper and radio campaign designed to raise awareness of the event, on March 28 at 8:30 pm … full story
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