SPIDER-MAN helps save the planet via EARTH HOUR!

TADI NEWS FEED:

WWF's Earth Hour 2014 broke all records of participation in its eighth year, as Spider-Man joined millions of everyday Super Heroes from across the planet in the world's largest celebration for the Earth.

 The event which has evolved into history’s largest environmental movement began its journey across more than 162 countries and territories from New Zealand, sweeping across Asia with Spider-Man and the cast from the upcoming film The Amazing Spider-Man 2, including Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx, sending a message to the world that anyone can be a Super Hero for the Planet.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 to support and join the Earth Hour

POTATO ON THE GO NEWS FEED (Movie):

This is definitely a welcome news for me as both Earth Hour and the Spider-Man franchise are close to my heart! :)

WWF Singapore and Earth Hour Global today announced the director, producers, and cast of the highly anticipated upcoming motion picture The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be coming to Singapore to celebrate this year’s global flagship event for Earth Hour, the world’s largest environmental grassroots movement, to be held at The Float@Marina Bay on Saturday March 29 at 8:30PM.

EARTH HOUR Goes To The Seas

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“My banca was my sole means of earning a living,” explains a Coron fisherman gazing at the shattered remains of his boat.

Typhoon Yolanda smashed the country on 8 November 2013, bearing winds and waves so ferocious that most of Tacloban City was obliterated. The death toll has soared past 6200, with 2000 still missing. Over 100 days since the calamity, hundreds of communities still rely on relief efforts to survive. Worse, Yolanda’s 330kph winds demolished at least 30,000 bancas – the traditional outrigger boats of the Philippines, depriving around 145,000 fisherfolk of their livelihoods.

Switch-off and then Kick-off the change! -- Join this year's Earth Hour!

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Earth Hour in the Philippines is now on its 6th year.  And today, is the date set for this year's celebration of Earth Hour!

El Gamma Penumbra at Earth Hour last year

 

Earth Hour 2012

Earth Hour began as a single-city initiative in 2007. From 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on 31 March, 2.2 million people switched off their lights to celebrate Earth Hour in Sydney, Australia. The power saved during the 60-minute switch-off was equivalent to removing 48,613 cars off Sydney roads for an hour. In 2008, Earth Hour became a global movement, and the Philippines was the first Southeast Asian country to pledge full support. From 2009 to 2011, the Philippines, with the most number of cities and municipalities participating in the cause-oriented activity, has been a four-time Earth Hour champion.

The Philippines is Earth Hour's No. 1 for Four Consecutive Years!

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Record-breaking 1671 RP Cities, Towns, Provinces and Municipalities Join Global Switch-off

MAKATI, CEBU, DAVAO, Philippines - “My challenge is not about this next hour, but about what we will be doing in the days, months and years to come,” said Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during the opening rites of last Saturday’s global Earth Hour switch-off. “The challenge is to reduce our wants so we can fulfil everyone's needs. I believe that so long as we are united under this goal, we will succeed.”

Earth Hour Switch-Off Ceremony in Makati City, Philippines.  (Photon courtesy of WWF -Philippines)

When the clock struck 8:30PM on Saturday night, 31 March, the Philippines was again engulfed in 60 minutes of darkness. A record-breaking 1671 Filipino towns, cities, provinces and municipalities - ten more than last year - joined the rest of the world in taking a stand against climate change. Organizers are elated by the immense outpouring of support from the government, private corporations and individuals. Earth Hour 2012 completed a record journey across over 6525 cities, towns, provinces and municipalities in 150 countries and territories - its highest participation levels ever.

It’s Earth Hour 24/7 at GMA Network

 POTATO ON THE GO BULLETIN (TV):

On 31 March 2012, between 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm, the islands of the Philippines are set to go dark – all in the name of saving energy and keeping the planet green.

This, in a nutshell, is what Earth Hour is all about.

Every year, GMA Network aligns with WWF Philippines to help celebrate this global event. The lights of the Network’s headquarters in Quezon City go off during the annual Switch Off event. In 2011, GMA 7 had an expanded participation, so to speak, as its originating stations in various provinces also had their lights turned off for 60 minutes in commemoration of Earth Hour.

Click here to read full story > Cont... It’s Earth Hour 24/7 at GMA Network

Earth Hour 2012 To Reach The Outer Space!

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Finally, Earth Hour breaches Earth! For the first time, the global 60-minute switch-off will extend to the International Space Station, where Earth Hour Astronaut-Ambassador Andre Kuipers shall stand vigil over our imperiled planet as the lights switch off on March 31, 2012, sharing photos and live commentary.

Official Earth Hour Shirts Now Available at WWF Philippines!

 WEB ALERT:

As the Earth Hour fever continues to heat on, WWF recently announced the release of the official Earth Hour statement shirts!

So if you are an Earth Hour advocate, aside from switching off your lights on March 31, 8:30 to 9:30 PM, you can also show your support by donning an Earth Hour statement shirt!  You may choose from the following statements: Come to the dark side (my favorite! hehe), I am not afraid of the dark and I like it when the lights are off.  Isn't it more cool to express your support to Earth Hour with these statement shirts?   :)

Join the Biggest Earth Hour Celebration this coming March 31!

FEATURISTIC:

I Will If You Will.  You may have noticed the presence of this phrase in the cyberspace for a quite a while.  At the start, you may have probably encountered fun dares like "I will go to the gym everyday if Carl quits his too many cheat days."  Social media influencers took part on it and everyone just kept on daring one another with fun and excitement.  But a week after after, I Will If You Will got serious, but not foregoing the interesting part as well.  The statement turned into something like "I will reduce my carbon footprint if Carl will stop watching dolphin shows."  From status messages, it became graphic designs, and then videos.  And with the captured interest, social media influencers and other netizens started to get involved, and this time with much conviction.  WWF Philippines after which revealed what the campaign is all about.  It's this year's biggest and grandest staging of one of the most important celebrations in the planet... the EARTH HOUR!

Darkness spreads all over the world

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The candle I lit during Earth Hour 2011 in SM MOA

A few years back, I didn’t see the merit of turning off the lights for the Earth Hour celebration. I told myself, and those who listen to me =), how could an hour make a difference? And haven’t the Philippines been contributing to energy savings with all the brownouts, and blackouts, frequenting the country?

Well, I must admit, sometimes I could really be that "pilosopo" =). I never took the campaign seriously until issues on Climate Change (Al Gore's Face the Inconvenient Truth) arise. And it was even made real and local with what happened to our country during Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.