Earth Hour's success measured in the strength of our communities

By Ryley Murray
Communications Intern
Here in Toronto, several candlelit walks were organized in west end neighbourhoods by Green 13. They shared these fantastic photos of folks walking with their neighbours to show their support for solutions on climate change.

(c) Green 13

The walks took place in four different areas and all converged at the end of Earth Hour with some live acoustic classical music, hot chocolate and conservation conversations. The walk in Parkdale included a fantastic flash mob. See the footage from a news cast here.

Brad Curtis at the City of Edmonton had this to say about his city’s event:
“Earth Hour in Edmonton had much more media attention that last year and the momentum was great leading up to it. The city celebration was really well! About 200 people braved the late winter weather and warmed up with hot chocolate while watching some great live performances and doing crafts and bannock making.  At 8:30 a 6th grader named Avery (who had won a contest asking for three ways they protect the environment in their classroom) turned off a giant light switch with councillor Don Iveson, which extinguished all the lights of city hall and Churchill square. Other city buildings to power down included the city owned high rises, the fire halls and arenas.”
Our friends in the east coast office of WWF had a fun event at the Discovery Centre in Halifax, where they participated in a pretty awesome photo shoot. Check out the results on: flickr.com/photos/efficiencyns.
Thanks to all of you who shared what you were up to during Earth Hour on Facebook and Twitter; it was really thrilling to see the posts keep coming in! We hope you feel that Earth Hour was as much of a success as we do.