WWF's Earth Hour 2013 - WWF UK

Ideas for EarthHour 2013“WWF’s Earth Hour is a fantastic way to showyour commitment to protecting our preciousenvironment. The support for Earth Hour acrossScotland has been tremendous, and I am delightedthat the Scottish Government will continue to playa leading role. We hope that local authorities andpublic bodies across Scotland will again play theirpart in this global initiative and demonstrate thatScotland can lead in tackling climate change.”David Wilson, Director for Energy and Climate Change,Scottish Government.© WWF Scotland © Des TinneyJust some of the many amazing local authority activities thattook place all across the country in 2012:South AyrhsireIn addition to switching off the lights at numerous properties andpromoting Earth Hour far and wide, South Ayrshire Council ran acompetition for local schools to build models of buildings switching off forEarth Hour. Girvan Primary who won with their model of Stumpy Towerwere visited by the WWF panda and featured in the local press.West DunbartonshireOne of West Dunbartonshire Council’s many Earth Hour activities wasto link Earth Hour to their ‘Cutting Carbon’ campaign. The campaignprovides staff with information on ways to reduce their energy, transportand waste emissions. As part of the campaign they held events providingthis information and encouraging staff to participate in Earth Hour aswell as promoting both online.EdinburghThe City of Edinburgh Council ran a photo competition as part of theirEarth Hour 2012 work. Open to both members of the public and staff,they encouraged people to send in their photos of ‘What we’re doingabout climate change’. They used the competition as a means of engagingmembers of the public, businesses and organisations with Earth Hour andof raising awareness of climate changeSouth LanarkshireAs well as turning off the lights on many of the areas key landmarks,South Lanarkshire Council put a major effort into promoting Earth Hourthrough all means available to them. This included articles online and innewsletters, press releases, engagement with community planningpartners and local businesses and also twitter as the event got closer.Their PR department even wrote an Earth Hour story for local nurseries7