“PUT Your Best Carbon Footprint Forward”, the Organising Committee for Earth Hour 2015 is urging Guyanese this year.Earth Hour is an initiative of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to raise awareness about climate change, and will be observed by the global community with a symbolic hour-long ‘lights off’ event on Saturday, March 28, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm.

All Guyanese are urged to join the entire global community in turning off all electricity to their homes for one hour on Saturday night at the hitherto mentioned time, to demonstrate their commitment to take action beyond the hour for a sustainable future.

In keeping with the national theme, the Guyana Organising Committee disclosed this week that it is encouraging practical measures to reduce the carbon footprint of Guyanese by focusing on energy and water usage, and on improved management of solid wastes in our urban and rural spaces.

There have been educational activities in and around Georgetown. Highlight of the educational programme is, however, a ‘lights out’ Concert to be held on March 28th at the National Park.

Organisers of the concert, the WWF and its Earth Hour Partners, are asking all and sundry to visit the National Park from 7:00 pm to symbolise their commitment to halting climate change, and to display their dedication to reducing their own carbon footprint.

The evening will feature song, poetry, dance and the symbolic lights-off event from 8:30 to 9:30 pm.

Acoustic guitar and steel pan rhythms, free face and body painting activity, and a mini upcycling exhibition about some novel ways of turning trash into treasure are also some of the added attractions.

The Earth Hour 2015 organising committee urges those who remain at home to symbolise their commitment to fighting climate change by switching their lights off between 8:30 and 9:30 pm on March 28.

All Guyanese are also urged to take action beyond Earth Hour for a sustainable future.
(Clifford Stanley)