Will you be in the dark at Earth Hour?
12/03/13
City residents are being encouraged to join Aberdeen City Council in reaffirming its climate change commitments by signing up for Earth Hour.
By lunchtime today 65 people in Aberdeen had signed up to Earth Hour, pledging to switch off their lights for one hour on 23 March to demonstrate support for people and wildlife threatened by climate change.
The council has signed up to Earth Hour again this year, earning a Super Local Authority badge from the WWF for the second year running, and is encouraging individuals, businesses and organisations to sign up too.
You can keep track of how many people in the city have signed up to Earth Hour, using an interactive map on the WWF website at http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/ and see how Aberdeen compares to other places in the UK.
The WWF campaign asks people around the world to switch off their lights for one hour in the evening in a huge, symbolic show of support for action on climate change and for a more sustainable future.
In 2012, a record 152 countries took part for the biggest call to action for the protection of the planet. Aberdeen City Council switched off the floodlights which shine on Marischal College, Wallace monument and gardens, St Marks Church and the St Nicholas Kirkyard façade.
This year's Earth Hour is celebrating the power of nature - the way renewable energy can move us away from fossil fuels and help reduce global carbon emissions. This is especially important in Scotland with our wealth of natural assets such as wind, tidal and wave.
Anyone can become involved in Earth Hour. Simply register your switch off at www.earthhour.wwf.org.uk and you'll join hundreds of millions of people around the world who are taking part. The number of individuals, businesses, organisations, public events and landmarks that have registered for Earth Hour will be plotted on an interactive map to show local support, so you can check online to see how support in Aberdeen compares to other places.
To find out more about the initiative visit www.wwfscotland.org.uk/earthhour