The world will be celebrating the Earth Hour on the 25th of March 2017 at 8:30 PM, so let’s join the movement and take the first step towards changing climate change! Infographics by Dex Magno Research by Jodilin Bustos
Tag: Earth Hour
Sta. Rosa City Named RP’s National Earth Hour Capital
Half of all people live in cities, which generate 70% of global CO2 emissions. As more Pinoys troop to these increasingly-crowded hubs to find jobs – heavy traffic, polluted air, clogged waterways and rising living costs have become a daily urban reality for millions. Three cities, all finalists for WWF’s Earth Hour City Challenge, are showing the country what can be done to make our cities a little greener. Proclaimed as the Philippine Earth Hour National Capital, Santa Rosa […]
Palace encourages public to participate in ‘Earth Hour’
MALACANANG appealed to the public to participate in this year’s Earth Hour aimed at lessening human carbon footprint that impacts heavily on the environment. The Earth Hour will be observed tonight (March 19), and it will be the Earth Hour’s 10th anniversary since it was initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature or WWF. “It will be from exactly 8:30 p.m.until 9:30 p.m.. So, sana po mag-cooperate tayong lahat at makisali dito,” Undersecretary […]
Philippines to participate in Earth Hour
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines will once again participate in the Earth Hour activity to be held on March 19, 2016. Said activity will start on 8:30 PM and will last until 9:30 PM. Said activity will be held on the Quezon City Memorial Circle. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
Things to do during Earth Hour
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 15) – Better mark your calendar, guys. Because on March 19, the whole world will participate in the annual Earth Hour activity. For those who don’t know what Earth Hour is, it is the time when we turn off our lights for an hour as a way to raise awareness regarding climate change. Usually, during Earth Hour, we tend to just stay where we are, waiting for the hour to pass so […]
Why Filipinos should support Earth Hour
QUEZON City, Philippines (March 15) – Our generation is the first to experience climate change, and the least we can do is to take a step in preventing the worse. Earth Hour is a campaign that started in Sydney, Australia in 2007. It was participated in by 2.2 million homes and businesses. For a specific day and time, people will simultaneously shut their lights off to save energy and raise environmental awareness. Is an hour of […]
Zambales, nakiisa sa Earth Hour
Nakiisa ang lalawigan ng Zambales sa isinagawang Earth Hour sa pamamagitan ng pag-switch off ng mga non-essential lights.
Philippines Observes Earth Hour with 170 Countries
Proving that no individual action on climate change is too small and that no collective vision is too big, WWF’s Earth Hour kicked-off at 8:30PM last night with celebrations in over 7000 hubs across 170 countries. The Quezon City Memorial Circle hosted the Philippines’ main event. Clad in glow-in-the-dark costumes, thousands danced and celebrated climate change solutions in one of the country’s largest Zumba® gatherings. The ninth edition of Earth Hour crossed 24 time zones […]
Earth Hour 2016- Shine a light on Climate Action
This Earth Hour, Shine a light on Climate Action Join in and take part as we save Mother Earth one hour at a time!
Malacañang asks public to support Earth Hour
Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma asked the public to participate in Earth Hour on March 28.
New Lease on Light: Earth Hour to Deploy Solar Lamps in Palawan
“This lamp contains crude oil,” says fisherman Joys Dominguez while raising a grimy, soot-caked gin bottle. We are inside a hut in Beton, an island community in Northern Palawan. Night has settled and our world is pitch-black, save for what the flickering flames illuminate. Outside is the sea and above it, a sea of stars. Around 15 million Filipinos lack regular access to electricity. Beton and its 300 fisherfolk families are no different, relying on […]
“Give hour for our Earth”
Earth Hour is held annually on the last Saturday of March. It started in 2007, in Sydney and has since spread across the world. It is when millions of people and thousands of business worldwide turn off lights and shut down most electrical appliances to celebrate sustainability and show their support for strategies that will help solve the problem of global warming. The Earth Hour campaign has resulted in creating and raising awareness on climate change issues […]
