Earth Hour Bolivia 2009
In the cities of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Trinidad and Puerto Quijarro
WWF Bolivia, the global conservation organization, in collaboration with the municipal governments of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Trinidad and Puerto Quijarro, local power companies CRE and Coserelec, invite you to participate in Earth Hour Bolivia 2009.
Authorities and local institutions in these municipalities are organizing activities for Earth Hour.
During Earth Hour 2008 more than 50 million people in 400 cities turned off their lights as did important icons such as the Opera House in Sydney, the Buddhist temple of Wat Arun in Bangkok, the Coliseum in Rome, the Royal Castle in Stockholm, City Hall in London, Empire State building in New York, Sears Tower in Chicago and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Others, such as the Coca-Cola billboard in Times Square in New York City, as well as the Google homepage, turned off their lights for the entire day.
In 2009 it is hoped that a billion people join the Earth Hour initiative from all walks of life and ages, and that over 1000 cities participate, showing the world that it is possible to take action against global warming.
Go Bolivia! Do your part! Join the 2009 Earth Hour by turning off your lights at 8:30 pm on Saturday, March 28, 2009 and by signing up with www.earthhour.org.
For further information please contact:
Nardyn Pizarro: npizarro@wwfbolivia.org; Tel. (+591-3) 3430609
Earth Hour Bolivia
Earth Hour is a global WWF campaign which began in 2007 in Australia in efforts to draw attention to the importance of finding solutions to global warming. Each year, cities and communities turn off their lights on the last Saturday of March for one hour as a symbolic act that encourages individuals and companies to save energy on an every day basis, by unplugging electrical appliances that are not being used and change light bulbs for those that consume less energy in frequent use areas, among others.