On March 29, join millions of people around the world and show your support for action on climate change by turning off your lights for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour is a global lights-out event coordinated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) that will bring together people from all over the world in support of action on climate change.
Toronto is the lead Canadian city, working in partnership with WWF-Canada, the Toronto Star and Virgin Mobile to make it a success. More than 15 other major cities around the world are already participating including Sydney, Chicago and Copenhagen and more are signing on as the excitement builds.
Be one of the million!
Toronto's goal is to have at least one million people participate by turning off their lights and making the city as dark as possible for one hour. Everyone is encouraged to participate - residents and businesses alike. Show your commitment to fight climate change, and see the difference we can make when we all work together.
Turn off your lights, spread the word and help make a difference!
To register and for more information and downloadable materials to help you spread the word, please visit www.wwf.ca/EarthHour.
Fast facts
- About 25% of Toronto's greenhouse gas emissions come from the residential sector. The energy we use to light, heat and cool our homes generates greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
- Other major contributors of greenhouse gases are the commercial sector at 28%, and transportation at 35%.
- More than 2 million people and businesses participated in Earth Hour in Sydney, Australia last year. Electrical demand was reduced by a whopping 10 per cent and 25,000 fewer tonnes of CO2 were released into the atmosphere - in a single hour!
 
Add your building name to
the
Toronto Star Earth Hour map
showing participating properties.
We can make a world of difference if we all do it together!
BOMA makes environmental best practices easier to attain in other ways as well. The innovative BOMA Go Green certification program is also helping to make the air a little cleaner, and BOMA's Conservation and Demand Management program can help you lighten your financial load while lightening the load your building puts on resource use.
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