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Earth Hour 2012 Photo Contest winner is Leah Hogan

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:01:00 -0400

The winner of the Sustainability Office's Earth Hour 2012 Photo Contest is Leah Hogan, Community Outreach Officer, Aboriginal Education & Student Services Department.

The Sustainability Office invited all staff and students to get involved with Earth Hour 2012 by sending a photo of their Earth Hour celebrations. The response was great with nearly 50 submissions received. The winning photo was sent in by Leah Hogan, who participated in the growing global movement for the first time this year.

“We surprised our daughters by inviting their friends over for a pizza dinner,” says Leah. “Just before 8:30 we turned out the lights with candles ready to go, and shouted ‘Happy Earth Hour!’”

With a kick-off worthy of New Year’s Eve, the group started out with a game of Charades and then moved on to a marathon of board games. In addition to conserving energy, Leah says they were also motivated to participate by the opportunity to take some time to enjoy some simple fun with family and friends. “We had so much fun, and we’ll definitely be celebrating again next year.”

Leah has won an Eco-friendly Gift Basket including a reusable water bottle, a travel mug, and a gardening start-up kit. Congratulations Leah! Visit the Sustainability Office website to stay in the loop on other contests, events and ways to get involved.

Photo: Leah’s daughters Alex and Ashley (left) and their friends Dana and Paige (right) celebrating Earth Hour with flashlights, candles and board games.

Earth Hour this Saturday, March 31 at 8:30 p.m.

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:00:00 -0400

Mohawk College's Sustainability Office encourages you to celebrate Earth Hour this Saturday, March 31, at 8:30 p.m. by switching off the lights in your home and/or taking part in a local Earth Hour event.

Visit http://www.earthhour.org to learn more about this growing global movement, or watch the Official Earth Hour video: http://bit.ly/llac3d

MOHAWK PHOTO CONTEST

All students, staff, and faculty at Mohawk College are invited to participate in an Earth Hour Photo Contest.

The rules are simple. Send us a picture with a brief description of you participating in an Earth Hour event, and be entered for a chance to win an Eco-friendly gift basket from the Sustainability Office. The basket includes a reusable water bottle, coffee/tea travel mug, and a gardening start-up kit.

Send your pictures & descriptions to gogreen@mohawkcollege.ca for your chance to win.

HOW CAN YOU PARTICIPATE?

Candlelight dinner

Go outside for a walk, bike ride, etc.

Star-gazing

A candlelight gathering

Local event: Movie night & Candlelit discussion (St. Paul's United Church, 29 Park St. W, Dundas. Doors open at 6:30pm)

Do anything that doesn’t use electricity.

For more information contact: alan.griffiths@mohawkcollege.ca or visit http://www.mohawkcollege.ca/environmental-sustainability.html

Mohawk to turn out the lights for Earth Hour this Saturday

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:20:08 -0400

Mohawk College will be turning out the lights at all of its campuses between 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. this Saturday. The move coincides with Earth Hour, a global sustainability movement that has exploded to include hundreds of millions participants since it began in Sydney, Australia in 2007.

“We’re making our best effort to turn off all the lights we can taking into consideration issues around safety and security,” said Alan Griffiths, Mohawk’s sustainability initiatives coordinator. For safety reasons lights in areas such as college parking lots will remain on, he added.

Staff and students are encouraged to take part in Earth Hour. Apps are available for download for Blackberry and Android devices.

You can also check how Hamilton ranks against other Canadian cities in the battle against climate change at wwf.ca. For more information on Mohawk's efforts to reduce its environmental footprint visit the Sustainability Office website.