As part of my volunteer placement with the WWF in Fiji I have a number of tasks, the main one is to help organise Fiji’s Earth Hour campaign.
As the world’s largest environment NGO it’s fitting that the WWF also runs the world’s largest conservation event – Earth Hour. The basic idea is that for an hour each year, this year on 27th March, as many people as possible stop using electricity.
For me, Earth Hour is all about getting people to question our dependency on energy. While we live in a world with a finite amount of fossil fuel and one incapable of cleanly producing energy, we should address our sometimes flippant attitude towards using electricity.
Last year over 400,000 people did this and, in Fiji, the WWF managed to get 30,000 to do the same – which I need to try and better this year.
Last week, to launch Earth Hour in Fiji, we organised some activities in Suva’s main park, Sukuna Park. A good time was had by all, especially those who enthusiastically continued in the clubs afterwards.
Have a look at the Earth Hour International website or our WWF South Pacific site.