County encourages residents to participate in this environmental awareness campaign
Midhurst/ March 25, 2009 – The County of Simcoe will join communities around the world on Saturday, March 28 in turning off the lights for this year's Earth Hour, the global campaign to raise awareness of climate change. As the initiative continues to grow, residents, businesses and other municipalities are encouraged to join with the County.
“Whether it’s participating in a community event or hosting a lights out party in your own home, I encourage everybody to be a part of this historic occasion,” stated Warden Tony Guergis. “Turn off your lights and celebrate our planet. Earth Hour is a plateau for change, an opportunity for all of us to speak out and let it be known that we want action on climate change.”
Earth Hour is a global initiative run by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) which calls on individuals and businesses to turn off non-essential lighting for one hour on Saturday, March 28, 2009 between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm. In Sydney, Australia, where Earth Hour began in 2007 every ferry in the city’s famous harbour will sound its horn at precisely 8:30 pm to herald the beginning of Earth Hour.
The County of Simcoe will be turning off all non-essential lights with the exception of safety lighting at the County Administration Centre in Midhurst as part of the Earth Hour Challenge. “Council is committed to ensuring that the County of Simcoe continues to reduce its impact on the environment,” stated Warden Guergis. “The decisions that we make each day, not only for the Earth Hour Challenge but all year long, will have environmental benefits for the future of our communities. Earth Hour symbolizes the positive impact in the fight against climate change that each of us can have when we work together.”
Thousands of cities and regions around the world including the County of Simcoe have signed up to participate in the 2009 Earth Hour movement to increase public awareness of the need for significant energy-use reduction and to take action on climate change by turning lights off for one hour on March 28, 2009 from 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm.
Individuals can register their participation at www.earthhour.org to help track how significantly this movement is affecting people around the globe. The County of Simcoe is composed of sixteen member municipalities and provides crucial public services to County residents in addition to providing paramedic and social services to the separated cities of Barrie and Orillia. Visit our website at simcoe.ca.
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