Earth Hour is BACK

Yeay!Good news...Earth Hour is back and this time I wanna snap...snap...snap...My Earth Hour pics...hehehe...So,friends 'round the globe...make sure u have ur candles,torchlights or any other source to light urself in the dark beside "electricity".......but please...don't burn urself or ur house down...lol...or u can choose to sit back in dark while watch stars & moon up in the sky....(">)

Turn out your light, show support

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In 2009 hundreds of millions of people around the world showed their support by turning off their lights for one hour.

Earth Hour 2010 will continue to be a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. A call to stand up, to show leadership and be responsible for our future.

Pledge your support by turn off your lights for one hour, Earth Hour, 8.30pm, Saturday 27th March 2010.

3 Steps to get involved

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1. Join Earth Hour

Sign up now to become part of the Earth Hour movement, add yourself to the map and receive email updates with all the latest Earth Hour news.

2. Show your support

Whether you are an individual a business a school or a city you can show your support by turning off your lights for Earth Hour, 8.30PM Saturday 27 March 2010. Check out the other ways that you can show your support.

3. Spread the word

Get the word out about Earth Hour by working your social network for the planet. Add an Earth Hour banner to your blog, tag your tweets @earthhour or update your Facebook status to tell your friends that you’re supporting Earth Hour 2010

Virtual Lantern

This is My Lantern 2010 - SK

For a fun way to show your support for Earth Hour right now click here to make a colourful lantern online and send a picture of it to your friends.

Your Earth Hour lantern is a symbol of hope and represents your support for a sustainable future.

Earth Hour Online

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You can follow Earth Hour online in many other ways. Check out these social media profiles:

• Facebook
• YouTube
• Twitter
• MySpace

You can support Earth Hour by:

1. Turning off your lights at 8.30PM on March 27
2. Showing your support and adding yourself to Earth Hour world map
3. Adding Earth Hour widgets, logos and banners to your blog or website to help Earth Hour spread the word. You could even be Earth Hour Online Supporter of the Day.
4. Talking about Earth Hour in your social network by updating your Facebook status, grabbing a Twibbon, tweeting about your support, and more
5. Get together with your friends and family, by hosting an Earth Hour party or holding your own candlelit affair
6. Rally your local council or community group to run an Earth Hour event for your community
7. Encourage your employer and workmates to take part in Earth Hour and make energy savings every day
8. Make an Earth Hour Lantern as a symbol of hope for the future
9. Be creative! Find a new way to mark Earth Hour and let Earth Hour know all about it!

Earth Hour 2009 - Saturday; 8:30–9:30 March 28 2009

The Earth Poem by SK

We live in this planet called Earth 
The third planet from the Sun 
Home to millions of species and humans 
The only place where life is known to exist 

Can we imagine the age of our planet 
As old as our grandparents or great grandparents? 
Not 40 years,400 years but 4 billion years 
Do we care enough or do we just ignore 

Yes!Earth has become old and older 
We all had taken for granted for all this life 
Instead of good return we tend to destroy 
As what we did to all our brothers and sisters 

Earth is the greatest gift from God 
In hope we all live in peace and harmony 
Instead created scenes of pollution to global warming 
Is that too much too ask after all the blessings? 

If only Earth can speak 
It will say STOP! 
If only Earth can shout 
It will say GET OUT! 

Even if we can say we can live in Mars 
It will not be as same as the Earth 
No matter where we live in this Universe 
We just ruin it again and again 

There always saying "It is not too late" 
Where is the way there is a will 
In fact there are still humans whom concern 
Still fight for the rights of our Earth 

Let us open our eyes 
Let us open our ears 
Let us open our heart 
Let makes Earth a better place for you and for me!

WRITTEN BY SK

http://www.earthhour.org

Hey y'll, this programme or event has really captured my heart (the ads especially,lol) and made me registered as to become one of the billions people in this whole wide world to support World Climate Change Campaign. At least this is the way I am showing my concerned to the environment crisis. So, when is your turn? I love my World called Earth!!!

Earth Hour 2009 is Saturday; 8:30–9:30 March 28 2009. Currently, 82 countries and more than 2100 cities are 'committed to Earth Hour 2009', a huge increase from people participating in 35 countries for Earth Hour 2008.

1 billion 'votes' is the stated aim for Earth Hour 2009, in the context of the pivotal 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference.

Earth Hour is an annual international event created by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. It was pioneered by WWF Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, and achieved worldwide participation in 2008.

Earth Hour is about taking simple steps everyday that collectively reduce carbon emissions – from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby.

Here are 10 different ways to spend Earth Hour and reduce your carbon footprint:

1. Attend a local Earth Hour event or organise your own by throwing an Earth Hour street party with your neighbours
2. Gather family & friends for a night picnic in your local park and look at the stars
3. Enjoy a family dinner by candlelight
4. Organise a treasure hunt in the dark
5. Take the dog for a night walk
6. Have a candle-lit bath
7. Sit in the dark and share stories
8. Organise a family night playing board games
9. Share a romantic night in with your loved one
10. Upload your ‘on the night’ photos and videos to flickr and YouTube respectively, and then add them to the Earth Hour flickr group and the global YouTube Group.

Earth Hour Executive Director, Andy Ridley, is encouraging people to participate in whatever way they choose and to think beyond the hour.