Ottawa - 8pm March 29, 2008

Turn off your lights for Earth Hour. Shed light on the need to support action on climate change. Mayor Larry O’Brien added Ottawa’s name to a list of international cities that participated in Earth Hour 2008. Earth Hour is a global event lead by WWF that encourages people to turn off their lights for one hour – as a symbolic statement on the need to take action on climate change.

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Ottawa’s status as a capital city of a G8 nation added weight to a list of cities across the globe – including Chicago, Toronto, Copenhagen and Sydney, Australia.

The City of Ottawa was proud to lead the nation’s capital in the event and build upon our environmental efforts – including our success in achieving our corporate GHG emissions targets.

Hydro Ottawa was a major partner in Earth Hour Ottawa, and monitored the drop of electricity used in Ottawa during the one-hour period. Many businesses and institutions joined the rally – including the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and Algonquin College. More added their voice each day to amplify Ottawa’s call to support the need for action on climate

Register yourself, your group and/or business. Downloadable materials to help you spread the word to co-workers, neighbours and friends are available at www.wwf.ca/EarthHour. And learn more about City of Ottawa environmental programs and initiatives on our Enviro web site.

If your business or institution planned a special event in Ottawa for Earth Hour, we want to know. E-mail us at earthhour@ottawa.ca.