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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 28, 2012) - Communities across Canada are gathering together on Saturday, March 31 to celebrate WWF's Earth Hour. WWF spokespeople will be available at local events across the country to help provide insight into the important role that Earth Hour plays. Below is a listing of some events taking place throughout Canada.
Canadian and Global Earth Hour images, video and audio are available and will be updated regularly as each country switches off for WWF's Earth Hour.
Downloadable video footage of the global event will be available for media on the night at http://www.earthhour.org/media-centre/videos.
Images of landmarks switching off and global Earth Hour events will be available at http://www.earthhour.org/media-centre/images.
Images and b-roll from WWF's Canadian media events will be available, please contact Weiwei Su, wsu@wwfcanada.org.
HALIFAX
What: Music by Candlelight featuring Jon Samuel (of Wintersleep) and
Gianna Lauren
Powered by Bullfrog Power
When: 8 p.m. (doors open), March 31st, 2012 - music from 8:30 to 9:30
p.m.
Where: The Grad House Social Club
Dalhousie University, 6154 University Avenue, Halifax, NS
Who: Robert Rangeley, Atlantic Region Vice President, WWF
Stacey McCarthy, Atlantic Region Communications Manager, WWF
Contact: Stacey McCarthy - smccarthy@wwfcanada.org, 902 229 6066
VANCOUVER
What: Roger's Arena will join NHL clubs across North America for Earth
Hour. Outdoor LED decorative lighting will be turned off during
the Canuck's home game on Earth Hour. The panda and the whale will
team up as WWF's Panda joins Fin during an in-game interactive
feature to celebrate Earth Hour.
When: 7 p.m. game start, March 31st, 2012
Where: Rogers Arena
800 Griffiths Way, Vancouver, BC
Who: Darcy Dobell, Pacific Region, Vice President, WWF
Jo Anne Walton, Pacific Region Communications Specialist, WWF
Contact: Jo Anne Walton - jwalton@wwfcanada.org, 604 787 3103
MONTREAL
What: Join hundreds of Montrealers, WWF, Minister Pierre Arcand, and
Maxime Martin to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Earth Hour,
featuring an acoustic performance by the award-winning group
Chinatown.
When: 8 p.m., Saturday, March 31, 2012
Where: Esplanade de la Place des Arts, a Montreal
Who: Pierre Arcand, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment
and Parks
Maxim Marin, humourist and Quebec spokesperson for WWF
Chinatown, acoustic performers
Marie-Claude Lemieux, Quebec Director, WWF
Panda, WWF mascot
Contact: Nadia Said, Zone franche - nsaid@zonefranche.ca, 514 317 5715 ext.
205
OTTAWA
What: 1. Visiting a local elementary school to speak with students about
Earth Hour
2. Celebration at the Museum of Science and Technology
When: 1. Noon, Friday, March 30
2. 7:30 p.m., Saturday, March 31
Where: 1. St. Rita Catholic School
1 Inverness Avenue, Nepean, ON K2E6N6
2. Ottawa Museum of Science and Technology
1867 St Laurent Blvd, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5A3
Who: Martin von Mirbach, Canadian Arctic Program Director, WWF
Andrew Dumbrille, Oceans Program manager, WWF
Contact: Ximena Salcedo, WWF - xsalcedo@wwfcanada.org, 613 232 2513
TORONTO
What: Join hundreds of Torontonians for an Earth Hour sing-along
concert, featuring the first live performance of the Earth Hour
Anthem
When: 7 p.m., Saturday, March 31, 2012
Where: Distillery Historic District, Mill St. & Cherry St.
Who: Gerald Butts, President & CEO, WWF
Josh Laughren, Climate & Energy Program Director, WWF
Andrew Huang, composer & performer of the Earth Hour Anthem
Choir! Choir! Choir!, Toronto-based community choir group
Contact: Weiwei Su, WWF - wsu@wwfcanada.org, 416 209 9033
Beth Hampson, Media Profile - beth.hampson@mediaprofile.com, 416
275 9479
EDMONTON
What: WWF booth as Rolston plays Dvorak at the Edmonton Symphony
Orchestra
When: 8 p.m., Saturday, March 31, 2012
Where: Live at the Winspear Centre, Sir Winston Churchill Square
Northwest
Who: Annette Cake, Regional Coordinator, WWF
Contact: Annette Cake - acake@wwfcanada.org, 780 278 6875
About WWF's Earth Hour
Join millions of people worldwide and switch off your lights on Saturday, March 31 from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM. Visit www.wwf.ca/earthhour to join the movement.
WWF's Earth Hour is an opportunity for individuals, businesses and communities around the globe to unite in a powerful call to action of hope for a better, healthier planet. In Canada, the AIR MILES(R) Reward Program and the Toronto Star are the national sponsors. As lead sponsors for WWF's Earth Hour, AIR MILES and the Toronto Star will harness their incredible ability to engage employees and reach customers in spreading our message and encouraging individual action.
About our sponsors
With more than 10 million active AIR MILES accounts, the AIR MILES Reward Program has the ability to reach Canadians from coast-to-coast and inspire them to do their part for the planet every day.
As Canada's largest newspaper, the Toronto Star is committed to reporting on and bringing awareness to environmental issues, such as climate change, that matter to Canadians.
About WWF
WWF is creating solutions to the most serious conservation challenges facing our planet, helping people and nature thrive.
Earth Hour: A World Wildlife Fund Initiative
Earth Hour was started by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Australia in 2007. That year more than 2.2 million people and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. In 2008, the rest of the world - including Canada - joined Earth Hour.
Earth Hour is a global WWF initiative, with a rich history. Below you will find a series of facts and story ideas about Earth Hour in Canada and around the world.
We would be more than happy to arrange an interview or answer any additional questions you have about this event.
Earth Hour Facts:
-- This year marks the fifth anniversary of Earth Hour in Canada -
Saturday, March 31, 2012 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
-- Earth Hour is one hour where the world unites and turns off their lights
to send a powerful message in support of action on climate change
-- 135 different countries and more than 5,200 cities participated in Earth
Hour in 2011
-- Within four years, Earth Hour has reached over 1.8 billion people in 135
countries across every continent, making it 'the World's largest
campaign for the planet'
-- Toronto was the first city in the world to sign up for Earth Hour in
2008
-- Last year 43% of Canadians turned off their lights in support of Earth
Hour - almost 15 million people - across 427 cities
-- To find out about Earth Hour in Canada, visit www.wwf.ca/earthhour
-- To find out more about Earth Hour globally, visit
http://www.earthhour.org/
Earth Hour Canada 2012:
-- This year WWF-Canada called on Canadians to help create Canada's first
crowd-sourced song
-- Canadians were asked to submit their lyrics about why the love the
planet and vote on their favourite submissions
-- Composer Andrew Huang wrote the final song using the submitted lyrics,
and will perform it live in a special concert on Saturday, March 31st,
beginning at 7:30 p.m. at The Distillery Historic District in Toronto
-- 828 Canadian's submitted lyrics to this song
Earth Hour 2012 around the globe:
-- In 2012, for the first time, Earth Hour will reach the International
Space Station
-- Astronaut and WWF Earth Hour ambassador Andre Kuipers will keep
watch as countries across the globe turn out their lights for Earth
Hour
-- Kuipers will share photos and live commentary through the European
Space Agency (ESA) http://www.flickr.com/people/astro_andre/
-- Nathi Mzilenzi, a boy from Swaziland who organized Earth Hour in his
town Shimunye (population 5,633) in 2010 when he was 15 years old,
continues to inspire his community to participate in Earth Hour
-- This year, a high school student has encouraged Swaziland's Big Game
Parks to issue a challenge to Thembelisha Preparatory School, to
clear the main road of litter three times a year
http://www.earthhour.org/page/space-swaziland
-- Italian pianist and composer Christian Calcatelli will play an 8-hour
live concert over the Internet if 5,000 people commit to taking up
recycling
-- Just five months after the end of the Libyan uprising, nineteen-year-old
Mohammad Nattah will organize Earth Hour in his town of Tripoli for the
first time
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