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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 29 March 2012 10:52 |
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 Below you will find a series of facts about Earth Hour in Canada and around the world. Earth Hour is a global World Wildlife Fund (WWF) initiative, with a rich history.
Earth Hour was started by the WWF in Australia in 2007. That year more than 2.2 million people and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. In 2008, the rest of the world – including Canada – joined Earth Hour.
Earth Hour Facts:
- This year marks the fifth anniversary of Earth Hour in Canada- Saturday, March 31, 2012 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- Earth Hour is one hour where the world unites and turns off their lights to send a powerful message in support of action on climate change
- 135 different countries and more than 5,200 cities participated in Earth Hour in 2011
- Within four years, Earth Hour has reached over 1.8 billion people in 135 countries across every continent, making it ‘the World’s largest campaign for the planet’
- Toronto was the first city in the world to sign up for Earth Hour in 2008
- Last year 43% of Canadians turned off their lights in support of Earth Hour – almost 15 million people – across 427 cities
- To find out about Earth Hour in Canada, visit wwf.ca/EarthHour
- To find out more about Earth Hour globally, visit http://www.earthhour.org/
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:30 |
Canadian Geographic and Shell Canada launch Classroom Energy Diet Challenge
CALGARY, Jan. 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Hundreds of students and teachers across Canada are participating in The Classroom Energy Diet Challenge, a two-month curriculum-based program designed by Canadian Geographic and Shell Canada Limited to inform students about energy, where it comes from and how it can be used efficiently by making smarter choices.
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 18 January 2012 09:10 |
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 TORONTO, Jan. 18, 2012 /CNW/ - For some, the concept of sorting and weighing lunch waste might seem like a sticky, smelly nuisance. Not so for the 200,000 Ontario elementary students that participated in Recycling Council of Ontario's 2011 Waste-Free Lunch Challenge. These students have embraced environmentalism wholeheartedly and proven that waste minimization is as easy as reduce, reuse, recycle!
During Waste Reduction Week in Canada, nearly 800 schools from 62 different school boards across the province participated in the Annual Waste-Free Lunch Challenge. During the week, participating schools were able to prevent and divert 25 tonnes of lunch material from entering the landfill—that is roughly the weight of two school buses!
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