Recognized as the largest city leading climate action in the country, Quezon City will host this year’s Earth Hour celebration in the Philippines on March 25 at the Quezon Memorial Circle, in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature – Philippines (WWF-Philippines). The city will join over 7,000 cities from 193 countries to commemorate […]
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JOIN EARTH HOUR ON MARCH 26 – SAMPULNA
As the world observes the annual Earth Hour event on March 26, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Jim Sampulna urged Filipinos to go beyond the symbolic switching off of lights for an hour by making environmental stewardship a part of their “new normal” lifestyle. “Apart from safeguarding ourselves from the COVID-19 […]
The country’s observance of Earth Hour on March 30, showed that everyone is capable of taking steps to protect our planet, Senator Loren Legarda said. “Every year, nations, communities, industries, and individuals participate in the Earth Hour, switching off non-essential lights for an hour. Last year, 188 countries and territories participated and more than 17,900 […]
With the Philippines joining the world in commemorating Earth Hour on Saturday, party-list group Luntiang Pilipinas urged Filipinos to adopt an Earth Hour “mentality” 24/7. “We have an Earth Hour, an Earth Day, and an Earth Month—and numerous activities to mark these events that call attention to environmental issues,” said Luntiang Pilipinas first nominee Michael […]
In observance of Earth Hour today, March 25, 2017, Senator Loren Legarda said that participating in the event shows that everyone is capable of taking action to fight climate change. “Every year, nations, communities, industries, and individuals participate in the Earth Hour, switching off non-essential lights for an hour. Last year, 178 countries and […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on the Filipino youth to be “environment warriors” even as he urged the entire nation to participate in the “Earth Hour” to be held today, March 25, and appealed for a wide unity in protecting and saving the planet from environment plunderers. “Earth Hour” is an annual global environmental […]