Eglinton-Lawrence NDP: Join us for Earth Hour 2009!

Join us for Earth Hour 2009!

Thank you Canada for making Earth Hour 2008 a huge success! Collectively, we have the power to send an even stronger message with Earth Hour 2009!

Join WWF for Earth Hour 2009, by turning out your lights for one hour on Saturday, March 28 from 8:30-9:30pm! Earth Hour is a global lights-out phenomenon that will bring together millions of people from around the world to show support for action on climate change. This symbolic event will demonstrate to governments around the world that we want action on climate change now.

Already, hundreds of cities in more than 70 countries have pledged their support for Earth Hour, including Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. In 2008, millions of people in more than 35 countries participated. This year already, the number of countries participating has more than doubled, putting Earth Hour 2009 well on the way to meeting WWF's global goal of one billion participants!

This year there is special significance, as Earth Hour will also provide a global call to action to world leaders meeting in Copenhagen in December 2009 to strike a new global deal on climate change. A new agreement is pivotal because in 2012, the Kyoto Accord, the most significant international agreement to control greenhouse gas emissions, will expire.



	Sign up for Earth Hour Saturday, March 28th 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
	Tell your staff and friends! Forward this e-mail to your colleagues and staff, family and friends.
	Get your Earth Hour Corporate Communications Kit Today! Download your company's Earth Hour corporate communications kit. The kit includes several documents created to help your business communicate the Earth Hour message.

Getting Your Business Involved

Businesses are integral to making Earth Hour a success and there are many ways businesses can support Earth Hour. We are encouraging businesses to turn off their exterior lights, including signs, as well as internal lights (excluding lighting for safety), and to ask their employees and customers to participate.

What you can do:

Sign up for Earth Hour at www.earthhourcanada.org and commit to turning off unnecessary exterior and interior lights on March 28 at 8:30 p.m. (mindful of safety and emergency lighting).
Promote Earth Hour to your staff, customers, suppliers and tenants by using internal communication channels.
Collaborate with members of your organization to consider what else can be done within the workplace to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Tell us what you are doing for Earth Hour and we may use your company as an example to others in media opportunities and on our website.
Inspire your community by telling your customers what you are doing for Earth Hour. Post a link on your website, add the logo to your advertising, let the world know that you support action on climate change.

Make sure to take advantage of the tools available at www.EarthHourCanada.org including downloadable posters, logos, guides and toolkits. This will enable you to make your own Earth Hour a memorable event.

Make every hour Earth Hour

Our hope is that Earth Hour will inspire people to keep taking action to fight climate change every day. Your company has a role to play through actions such as recycling, using compact fluorescent light bulbs, etc.

To help support your continued efforts, WWF-Canada has created The Good Life - a fun and interactive online community for concerned Canadians who want to stop just talking about climate change and start taking action. Registrants on the site can access tips, information, and even track their company's reduction in carbon dioxide over the long term. For more information visit wwf.ca.