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Make Earth Hour Happen In Your Town

At 8pm on 29 March 2008, Earth Hour goes global, with cities and towns around the world taking stand on the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, and millions of people uniting to turn the tide on global warming.

Just by turning off all essential electricity in your home for one hour will help. If you can do more by encouraging others to take part then much the better!

Aim

Your aim is to get as many people, businesses and government officials involved in Earth Hour to turn off their lights for one hour at 8pm on March 29 2008.

Your Own Earth Hour Event

Build your Team as you would organise a party.

A good team is one of the biggest success factors for making Earth Hour events happen around the world. Put together a small team of committed people and organisations to help plan how you can turn out the lights for one hour in your area. Members of your Earth Hour Team could include your friends or schoolmates, members of your family or your neighbourhood, the local mayor or business leader, or your local school principal. Sometimes just a brief explanation of what it is all about can help – not everyone will have heard of Earth Hour yet and as it only began last year. A polite reminder nearer the time is a good way to get people to cooperate.

Spread the Word about Earth Hour

To inspire yourself and those you speak to about Earth Hour, check out www.earthhour.org to watch the video of the first Earth Hour in Sydney in 2007. This video will go a long way to inspiring you and those you speak to, to get involved in Earth Hour and to help take a stand against global warming.

Think about how you could spread the word about Earth Hour in your area. Don’t overlook Facebook, MSN, emails or even a banner in the window, a poster on the office notice board or a multiple text message.

Fancy writing to the local council, an MP or a celebrity living nearby? How about a brief note to the local paper – you may well be the first in your area.

Office buildings and big retail stores also use a lot of power. Write to the businesses and stores in your area and ask them to darken their buildings, neon signs, stores and restaurants for one hour for Earth Hour.

Ask your favourite restaurant to have a candle-lit dinner hour (using beeswax
candles of course) and feature fresh ‘cold” dishes in the menu. Write to your local newspaper or television channel and tell them what you’re doing - try and get some news coverage of what your town wants to do for Earth Hour and the planet.. .think big!

Entertain Your Friends!

As well as asking as many people and businesses as possible to turn off their lights why not use the event as an excuse to bring friends and family together for an evening. Think up some fun games that can be played during your hour’s blackout, or tell a ghost story. You could use the time talking about energy saving tips. Think about the different ways to have fun with Earth Hour that will bring you closer to understand what we are campaigning about.

What to do everyday

Turning off your lights for one hour at 8pm on 29 March 2008 is the first part of getting involved in Earth Hour. Making a difference to the future of our planet by making energy savings every day is the second part. You can do this by joining up to support Hot Women Campaign by pledging to reduce carbon emissions by just 5% to make a global difference.

For more information on how to participate in Earth Hour check out the website at Earth Hour