With the message “Go More Green”, the campaign seeks to encourage businesses and society as a whole to take part in activities that save energy, protect the environment and respond to climate change.
Earth Hour campaign 2018 launched in Hanoi
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She added that the campaign is not only about the amount of energy saved during the hour but is also significant in raising the awareness of each citizen and the whole of society about environmental protection and climate change issues.
Vietnam has participated in Earth Hour, a movement organized by the World Wildlife Fund, since 2009. Last year, Earth Hour saved Vietnam 471,000 kilowatt hours.
The “Go More Green” campaign looks to encourage the business community and the entire society to undertake energy-saving activities to jointly protect the environment, and deal with climate change, the phenomenon that is affecting the whole globe.
Responding to the campaign, people in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang city and other cities and provinces nationwide will turn off lights in their homes from 20:30 – 21:30 on March 24.
And, many other power-saving activities will be launched at businesses, households, schools, together with competitions and Flashmob performances during March, the month of the campaign.
“The act of switching off lights and other unnecessary electric devices during the 60-minute earth hour bears greater significance than showing the figures of power we have saved, it generates an immense impact on how people can change their awareness of saving energy, protecting the environment, and responding to climate change,” said Lam Giang.
Vietnam first joined the Earth Hour campaign, which is an initiative of WWF, in 2009 as part of efforts to deliver on its commitments to reducing 8 percent of greenhouse emission by 2030 in response to climate change.
Hanoi will work with the Ministry of Industry and Trade to organise activities to promote the campaign through different events such as cycling, running, competitions on environmental protection and energy saving and volunteering.
Organisations, schools, businesses and households will be encouraged to take part in the campaign.
Earth Hour, organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is a worldwide grassroots movement uniting people to protect the planet.
