Schools : Earth Hour ! Let's do it !

Earth Hour 2016

https://twitter.com/earthhour

Each year, millions of people around the world turn off their lights for an hour to show their support for urgent action to address climate change. 

This year Earth Hour takes place on Saturday, March 19 at 8:30 p.m. local time.

Lights in homes, buildings and famous landmarks will be turned off for an hour tomorrow to mark WWF's annual event.

This year, the fight against climate change, for the first time since the launch of Earth Hour in 2007, momentum is on our side. 

In December, leaders from 196 nations heeded the world’s collective call for action.

As the world stands at a climate crossroads, it is powerful yet humbling to think that our actions today will decide what tomorrow will look like for generations to come. Together, we can tackle climate change and create a future where people and nature thrive.

#ChangeClimateChange 2016

http://www.changeclimatechange.org/

We have reached a turning point, but we can’t rest yet. This year, help us shine a light on climate action for Earth Hour.

Earth Hour

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Education: 

We will use our power to take action #ChangeClimateChange. Of course we can miss this important call to support such an important world project. Neither our students.

They are working some while ago to join this wonderful commitment to save the Planet. They are the new environmentalgeneration.

Earth Hour belongs to us. We will celebrate our commitment to the planet with our students, friends, family, community or at work - in our own way. 

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A simple event can be just turning off all non-essential lights from 8.30pm-9:30 pm, tomorrow.

With just one day to go until Earth Hour - New Zealand will be the first country to switch off the lights - a record of more than 180 countries and more than 7 000 cities. The most charismatic monuments of the world will switch off lights too.

Now in its 10th year Earth Hour, organised by WWF, has evolved into the largest environment grassroots movement connecting hundred of millions of people across all seven continents.

Students were excited since the first year we participated in Earth Hour 2008. After that, every Earth Hour have been celebrated at school, Languages curricula.

Activities: Students

​Switch on your social power​ and do your part in shining a light on climate action to show how much our planet matters to you. 

Change your profile picture to a custom-made Earth Hour filter and help WWF and Earth Hour shine a light on climate action. 

Share your project : Your action today can change our tomorrow. This is our time to #ChangeClimateChange. Our future starts today.

Level: all levels (as a teacher, it's up to you adapt the activities to the level you are teaching)

Curriculum: Cross-Curricular Languages; Geopgraphy, Sciences, Civics, Arts, Music.

Earth Hour

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Resources:

• Interactive map

Discover events on our interactive map, Earth Hour Tracker!

• Social networks:

Follow Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest Instagram Tumblr

That's the limit of my imagination. What are yours? Probably better ideas to do on candle lights this Saturday?

One bright suggestion? We will see us under the starts?

G-Souto 

18.03.2016
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Education : Earth Hour 2014

http://www.earthhour.org/

This Saturday night, March 29 2014 at 8:30PM (local time), hundreds of millions of people will turn their lights off in a symbolic gesture for the planet following WWF's Earth Hour. 

Lights in homes, buildings and famous landmarks will be turned off for an hour tomorrow to mark WWF's annual event.

We will use our power wih Earth Hour Blue. Of course I could not forget this important call to support such an important world project. Neither our students.

They are working some while ago to join this wonderful commitment to save the planet.

With just one day to go until Earth Hour - New Zealand is the first country to switch off the lights - a record of 158 countries and 7 000 cities and towns will be participating in the world's largest event for the planet. 

In Portugal, 91 cities and towns will be participating in this wonderful event.

Now in its eighth year Earth Hour, organised by WWF, has evolved into the largest environment grassroots movement connecting hundred of millions of people across all seven continents.

Students were excited since the first year we participated in Earth Hour 2008. Sifter that, all every Earth Hour have been celebrated in school, Languages curricula until last year. 

Students like to commit on environmental causes. A lot! They dare and they do! I wrote about Earth Hour 2011 ; Talking about Earth Hour with students ; And today is Earth Hour 2013.

Students are preparing some posts on their blogs. They are amazing! They continue their environmental blogs even they left school. We only met on the internet now.

All of you are prepared, of course, activities and projects finished to celebrate tomorrow, right?

I am sure that you prepared your lessons carefully and your students are well motivated to dare to save the Planet, tomorrow night at 8:30-9:30PM (local time).

Don't forget the interactive map to discover events all around the world. Amazing!

Turn it Off by Jason Bruges

https://static.guim.co.uk/

Other ideas? 

Looking at the stars, hopefully easier with Earth Hour's temporary drop in light pollution - going for a run, having a candlelit dinner, or a picnic in the park of your city or town, heading to the high ground in the city to watch the lights, getting a board game out (Scrabble on a table still beats the iPhone version), for example.

In Portugal, a big yoga lesson will take place in 10 cities at 8:30 (one hour).

See ! Impossible to resist to Earth Hour Ambassador Spider Man. Students are huge fans of comic novel and of course movies based on it. 

They loved the new saga the Amazing Spider Man featured by Andy Garfield, the new Ambassador. They can't wait for the Amazing Sider Man 2.

https://www.earthhour.org/

Super Hero? 

Earth Hour propose the Instragam Challenge. Students can join super hero ambassador Spider Man and share some photos about how they are super heroes for the Planet by publishing the photos on Instagram using #EarthHour #SpiderMan and #YourPower.

The best photos have prizes. For more information read Join the Instagram Challenge.

Level : Middle and Secondary Education.

Only 17 hours and some minutes in New Zealand, one day and two hours in Portugal to celebrated Earth Hour. 

Follow Facebook or Twitter.

That's the limit of my imagination. What are yours? Probably better ideas to do in the dark this Saturday?

One bright suggestion? We will see us under the starts?

G-Souto 

28.03.2014
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Schools : Talking about Earth Hour with students ! Resources

Earth Hour 2012

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At 8:30 PM (local time) on Saturday, March 31, 2012, lights will switch off around the globe for Earth Hour and people will commit to actions that go beyond the hour.

The simple idea of switching off lights for an hour to drive action on climate change began in Australia in 2007.

In 2011 more than 5,200 cities and towns in 135 countries worldwide switched off their lights for Earth Hour 2011 making it the largest climate campaign ever! 

Hundreds of millions of people are expected to switch of the lights as part of the 'Earth Hour' action organised by WWF this Saturday night.

A record 5411 cities and towns across a record 147 countries and territories will participate in Earth Hour 2012 tomorrow, Saturday March 31 at 8:30PM.

UN will take part at Earth Hour. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has pledged his support for Earth Hour. He promised that the UN would be switching off their lights. 

He called on people, organizations and businesses to do the same, in solidarity with the 20% of men, women and children who don’t have access to electricity. “Turning off our lights is a symbol of our commitment to sustainable energy for all,” Ki-moon said. “We need to fuel our future with clean, efficient and affordable energy. By acting together, we can power a brighter tomorrow.”

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has urged all World Heritage sites to switch off for Earth Hour, to show leadership and commitment for a sustainable planet. Watch here

The European Parliament will once again participate in the global WWF initiative Earth Hour in order to raise awareness of the need to combat climate change.

https://www.earthhour.org/

Portugal participated on Earth Hour since March 2009. It started with 11 cities and now there are more than 80 that turn off the lights as a sign of support for the planet. 

This year, Portugal 81 cities will switch off the lights of some emblematic monuments ! Families, friends, will stay together to switch off the lights at home. Some go on the street and illuminate the cities with candle lights. 

Education:

Students are more and more motivated for environmental causes. The young green generation is there!

Since 2008, my students participated on Earth Hour. We worked on some activities in the classroom in Languages and Civics curriculum. 

• Three blogs have several posts about our participation: 

BlogdosCaloiros (Portuguese language), BlogSkidz  (French Language) and Geração Verde (Environmental education in Civics). 

This year, this blog shares Earth Hour 2012: Talking about Earth Hour with students proposing some school activities and involve Portuguese young people on Earth Hour.

• Level: all levels (as an educator, it's up to you adapt the activities to the level you are teaching)

• Curricula: Languages; Geography, Sciences, Civics, Arts

Earth Hour network has new ways to share your "Earth Hour". Challenge your students:

Challenge Earth Hour on YouTube

Make your Dare! "I will If You Will" Earth Hour channel already features challenges from hundreds of supporters and quite a few famous faces! 

Make sure you’re with your students among them.

• Curricula: cross-curricular project : Arts, Languages, Geography (elementary education and secondary education)

Join Earth Hour Group on Flickr

Earth Hour needs people help again to make sure it get the best shots as the lights go out around the world. 

What to do ?

All we need to do is join Earth Hour 2012 Flickr Group, ask students to take some photos of their Earth Hour celebrations (at home or on street), upload the best shots to the school own Flickr account and add them to Earth Hour Group. 

The best shots will be featuring on Earth Hour 2012 homepage. So on the night of March 31st, invite your students to go on www.earthhour.org to see if their shot is there. 

Cool isn't it? They will love to see their photos!

• Curricula: Arts, Languages, Geography, Civics (elementary education and secondary education)

Engage students with Earth Hour on Twitter 

Ask your students to write inspirational tweets (140 characters), sharing photos, videos and updates with Earth Hour on Twitter by using the  #EarthHour hashtag in their tweets.

Earth Hour can retweet the best content to the rest of the world. 

Follow Earth Hour on Twitter to get the most up-to-date images, news and action from the lights out events as Earth Hour makes its way across the globe. 

Ask students to choose some news, images, events from Earth Hour hashtag and discuss some of them on next Monday in the classroom.

• Curricula: Languages, Arts (secondary education)

Other ways to challenge Earth Hour : Instagram or Pinterest 

There is a map that can be explored here. And you have other tools and downloads here

Primary education:

For the youngest you have some fun staff here (games and applications that help spread the message of climate change action through Earth Hour):

Earth Hour

https://www.facebook.com/earthhour/

• Virtual Lantern project 
• Virtual Lightswitch (with Mom and Dad approval)

• Lights Out Game

• Pocoyo's Earth Hour Recycling Game 
• Pocoyo Activity Book

Lorax

https://earthhour.org/

To celebrate Earth Hour, Dr. Seuss’ legendary character The Lorax has promised to turn his moustache green for a whole day on 31 March.

According to The Lorax, "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not," so now is your chance to do something. If 500 children promise to switch their lights off for Earth Hour, The Lorax will turn his moustache green for a whole day on 31 March.

• To take part in The Lorax’s challenge for Earth Hour, visit with your young students www.youtube.com/earthhour

Kids click on the link to “Accept” the challenge. Then ask them to tell parents to turn out the lights at 8:30pm on Saturday 31 March. 

• To see The Lorax change his moustache, they must visit www.earthhour.org on 31 March with Mom or Dad.

• Of course, they can watch the trailer of The Lorax and have fun before going to the theatres with family.

• They can also see what Green Tips The Lorax has for "Earth Hour". Whether it’s recycling at home or planting some trees at school, we can all do our bit to save the planet.

Lorax

https://www.earthhour.org/

"This Earth Hour we want you to go beyond the hour, so after the lights go back on think about what else you can do to make a difference. Together our actions add up."

Visit Earth Hour on Facebook.  Earth Hour Portugal is on Facebook too.

Turning off your computer, your TV and all those other power-hungry devices is an important part of the process. Your Geeklet ritually disconnecting from their game and shutting down the computer is really making a sacrifice. 

So, we are all on it! Tomorrow, 8:30 PM (local time) switch our lights, disconnect our geeklet ritual, light on our candles!

I will if You will !

G-Souto

30.03.2012
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