Our school joined many groups and individuals around the world to mark Earth Hour 2009 on 28 April. Although it is now June, this post is not untimely as the point of Earth Hour was not to raise awareness of global warming only to have it forgotten as swiftly as the next hour. So, a reminder of what we did in our school...
Form teachers and Co-form teachers of each class were asked to spend time during their Form Teacher periods to speak about the event.
They were to show the two videos below to their students:
2.2 million people in Sydney ( about 3 minutes only)
Blue Man Group
Our students were encouraged to join millions of people around the world and celebrate Earth Hour on Saturday 28 March by switching off all lights in their homes.
They were encouraged to find out that many government agencies (e.g. community centres), educational institutions (e.g. the polytechnics and universities), hotels (e.g. Royal Plaza hotel), businesses (e.g. Singtel, Golden Village), shopping malls (e.g. Junction 8, Bugis Junction), and many others were all coming up with interesting ways in which to carry on with their business as usual but with the lights switched off!
Some teachers also found time to view the video below with their classes.
Earth Hour news
Form teachers spent time to reflect on the following question:
“How do you think the Earth Hour Celebration may change your attitude towards conserving energy?”
Coloured paper in the shape of a large green leaf was given to each Form teacher to collate the responses from your class. These leaves were entered for a competition. Prizes will be awarded to the classes with the most original and innovative responses. The responses were displayed outside the Staff Room.
To listen to some songs on the environment by Peter Garrettt of Midnight Oil, click on the link below:
http://asal-sakti.blogspot.com/search/label/Peter%20Garrett
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