Earth Hour began in 2007 in Sydney, Australia and quickly grew to a global phenomenon. By 2009, Earth Hour grew to over 4,000 cities, including 73 national capitals and nine of the world's 10 most populated cities. Earth hour in 2016 was on March 19th, from 8:30-9:30 p.m.. Over half of the Canadian population switched off their lights!
The goal is to get as many individuals and businesses as possible to turn off their lights for one hour to raise awareness about climate change and demonstrate that people are ready to take personal action.
Trillium Woods and all other YRDSB schools and offices honoured this event on March 24th by turning off our lights and monitors from 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Earth Hour is a straightforward way for Trillium Woods and York Region’s municipalities and citizens to take action and celebrate our existing efforts to fight climate change.
