Saturday 28 th March 2015 830pm930pm Notre Dame Earth Hour Wednesday 25 th March 1015 Period 2 Use your power to change climate change What is Earth Hour ID: 577584
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World Earth Hour
– Saturday 28
th
March 2015 -
8:30pm-9:30pm
Notre
Dame Earth Hour –
Wednesday 25
th
March 1015 – Period 2
‘Use
your power to change climate
change’Slide2
What is Earth Hour?
Earth Hour started in 2007 as a ‘lights off’ event to raise awareness about climate change. More than 162 countries now take
part.
Earth
Hour this year is on Saturday, 28
th
March 2015 at 8:30pm (local time
).
Watch this video to find out more:
Official
2015 Earth Hour video -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxIMib4e8f8
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What will happen during Earth Hour?
Residents in 162 countries will turn off their lights and use minimum electricity for 1 hour between 8:30pm - 9:30pm (local time).You can do the same!
Instead of watching TV, eat dinner with your family, play board games or read a book by candlelight. Perhaps you could look out of the window and try to spot some star constellations!Slide4
What will happen during Notre Dame Earth Hour?
The teachers will be teaching their lessons with the minimum amount of electricity and resources, where possible for one period. This will be Wednesday 25
th
March 1015 – Period
2
See if you can spot the changes your teacher makes!Slide5
So why is everyone doing this?
Because we are using too much unnecessary electricity and this contributes to greenhouse gases which causes climate change.
Earth Hour raises awareness of these issues.
Why 60+? W
e
need to be taking action towards climate change beyond
Earth
Hour.
But what can we do beyond these 60 minutes……?Slide6
Beyond Earth Hour……
1. Walk, cycle or take public transport whenever you can
.
2. Be
energy efficient – switch off lights
!
3. Only
fill up the kettle with the water you need
.
4. Eat local and seasonal food.
5. Go
meat free for just a few days a week - r
oughly
18 per cent of greenhouse gases
are caused by livestock farming.
6. Reduce your waste and recycle - rubbish buried in landfills produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
7. Cut down on the length of your shower in the morning to save electricity.
8. Fly less - air travel leaves behind a huge carbon footprint.
9. Get informed - follow the latest news about climate change.
10. Get involved - take a few minutes to contact your political representatives and the media to tell them you want immediate action on climate change.
Remember you should be trying to take these actions all year, not just for Earth Hour.Slide7
Thank you!
We hope you will join us and thousands of other people in raising awareness of climate change both during our own Earth Hour at Notre Dame and World Earth Hour.Slide8
A Prayer for our Earth
Most gracious God, we come before you to pray for the wellbeing of the planet.You alone know the full extent of the destruction we have wrought to your beautiful handiwork, and what needs to be done to remedy it. We pray for the people around the globe who suffer because of environmental
damage.
We
pray for the
defenceless
creatures harmed or made extinct by our selfishness and
ignorance.
We
pray for the oceans, air, mountains, plants, and soil, that life and health may again pulse in
them.
We
pray that we humans have a change of heart and stop harming the planet. Pour out your Holy Spirit on us that we may have the passion and wisdom to work effectively to restore your
creation.
Guide
us in our personal, church and community
efforts.
Give
us strength to continue on with this work when it is difficult and requires
sacrifice.
Bless
the Earth and all its life in every
way.
We
make this prayer through Christ, our
Lord. Amen
.Slide9
World Earth Hour
– Saturday 28
th
March 2015 -
8:30pm-9:30pm
Notre
Dame Earth Hour –
Wednesday 25
th
March 1015 – Period 2
‘Use
your power to change climate
change’