Dim Your Lights and Support Earth Hour on Saturday, March 27th

Climate change is happening all around us and its pace is accelerating. From melting glaciers to increasingly intense weather patterns, climate change is already impacting life on Earth. Urgent action is needed now to save our planet for future generations.

Luckily, there is an easy action step all of us can take. In a bold statement of collective concern, millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour—Earth Hour—on March 27, 2010 at 8:30 p.m. local time. We urge everyone to take part and support this effort by committing to turn off all non-essential lighting for one hour in their home and workplace.  Learn more about this effort at http://www.earthhour.org/.

At URWA, we’re taking our involvement one step further. We are taking a close look at actions we can take to operate more efficiently, waste less and reduce our environmental footprint. We encourage fellow organizations in this region to do the same. Earth Hour is the perfect time to reassess, recommit and take responsibility for our planet.

Sponsored by World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour is the largest event of its kind in the world. In 2009, nearly one billion people from 4,100 cities in 87 countries turned out their lights, as well as international landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower and Great Pyramids, and the city skylines of Las Vegas, Hong Kong and Tel Aviv.

We have the power to make Earth Hour 2010 even bigger.

This is a critical moment for our planet. On March 27 at 8:30 p.m., let’s all turn out and take action.