{"id":8608,"date":"2017-03-24T11:45:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T11:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/?p=8608"},"modified":"2017-03-23T16:41:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-23T16:41:48","slug":"earth-hour-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/awareness\/earth-hour-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday at 8.30pm, millions of people and businesses around the world will be turning off their lights until 9.30pm to show their support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthhour.org\/\">Earth Hour<\/a>. This movement was started by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwf.org.uk\/\">WWF<\/a> in an attempt to raise awareness of the need for action on climate change. <\/p>\n<p>It is a movement designed to encourage us to talk about and tackle climate change on a global level, bringing us together with this one symbolic action. It is by no means an event that is supposed to reduce carbon emissions or energy usage. Instead it is a time to think about our impact on the planet and take accountability for our ecological footprint as individuals, businesses and governments. Participation in the Earth Hour event symbolises a commitment to change our habits, and work towards finding real solutions to the environmental challenges we face on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EH-Digital-Banner-2017_728x90.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EH-Digital-Banner-2017_728x90.jpeg 728w, https:\/\/www.ethicalsuperstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/EH-Digital-Banner-2017_728x90-300x37.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since Earth Hour began ten years ago, there have been significant achievements made:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WWF-Uganda created the world\u2019s first Earth Hour Forest<\/li>\n<li>More than 250,000 Russians voiced support for better protection of their country\u2019s seas and forests<\/li>\n<li>Argentina used its 2013 Earth Hour campaign to help pass a Senate bill for a 3.4 million hectares Marine Protected Area in the country<\/li>\n<li>Thousands of wood-saving stoves were distributed to families in Madagascar<\/li>\n<li>Solar-powered lights were installed in three villages without electricity in India<\/li>\n<li>In Paraguay, WWF used the Earth Hour platform to build public support to gain an extension of the logging moratorium, helping to reduce deforestation<\/li>\n<li>Education programs for schools were launched in Thailand and Taiwan<\/li>\n<li>Hundreds of thousands of LED lights were installed by girl scouts in the USA<\/li>\n<li>More than 2,123 mitigation actions submitted by Earth Hour City Challenge 2014 participating cities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We need to remember that tackling climate change is going to take more than simply turning out the lights. As individuals we can live a more eco-friendly lifestyle, but for real global change we need to work hard to get governments to change their climate policies, voting in candidates who take a strong stance and lobbying our own MPs so they can take our complaints to parliament. <\/p>\n<p>There are larger organisations and companies who exploit our planet and fund harmful practices like deforestation and the continued use of fossil fuels. To make a real change we need to join organisations that expose these practices and make conscious decisions to support ethical companies, as well as showing our support and solidarity.<\/p>\n<p><center><strong>Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday at 8.30pm, millions of people and businesses around the world will be turning off their lights until 9.30pm to show their support for Earth Hour. 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