Earth Hour

Saturday, March 31st, 2012 from 8:30 to 9:30 PM

tcm:6-6622_Earth Hour LogoMayor Thomas M. Menino invites all residents and businesses to participate in Earth Hour to raise awareness about climate change.  Organized by the World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour will take place on Saturday, March 31st, 2012 from 8:30 to 9:30 pm and asks participants to extinguish all non-essential lighting during this one hour.  Boston will be among over 5,000 cities and towns world-wide that have pledged to shut off lights for Earth Hour and Mayor Menino asks all residents and business to participate by shutting off all non-essential lighting for Earth Hour.

Help Us Celebrate Earth Hour

Earth Hour is a great opportunity for all Boston residents to join city officials and other civic and business leaders in demonstrating how we are working together to reduce the risk of climate change and to showcase your individual contributions to the larger solution.

You can help us spread the word by inviting your friends and neighbors to participate in Earth Hour by sending them an email.  Use this opportunity to start a dialogue with your friends and neighbors and discuss why finding a solution to climate change is important to you.

What Do I Have to Do for Earth Hour?

Earth Hour participants are asked to turn off all non-essential lighting for their buildings, especially architectural lighting, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm on Saturday, March 31st 2012.  Any lighting that is essential for active use or related to public safety, such as street and emergency lighting, should be kept on.  If any lights need to remain on for additional functions within the building, we ask that the shades be drawn if possible.

City of Boston Earth Hour Partners -- 2008 through 2012 

City Year, Inc
Omni Parker House
Intercontinental Hotel
Boston Properties buildings (Atlantic Wharf, Prudential Center, 111 Huntington, John Hancock Building)
MA State Buildings
Boston Hostelling
IBEW 103
The Lenox Hotel
Westin Copley Place
Museum of Science
Boston Children’s Museum
Marriott Custom House
Emerson College
Tufts Health Sciences Campus
Emmanuel College
Boston Architectural College
Fisher College
Harvard Clean, Harvard Maintenance
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Simmons College
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Wheelock College 
Citgo (Sign)
Building Owners & Managers Association (BOMA) of Boston
Brookfield Office Properties 
Northeastern UniversitySuffolk University 

City of Boston’s Climate Leadership

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The City of Boston has been nationally recognized as a leader in environmental and energy policy. Boston is the first major city in the nation to require all large private construction projects adhere to the US Green Building Council’s LEED standards and is the largest municipal purchaser of wind power in New England. For these efforts, Boston was recently named the 3rd Greenest City in North America by Popular Science Magazine and 6th bySustainLane.com.  Learn more about the City's climate action work.

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  • Join Us for Earth Hour 2012

    Earth Hour 2012 will take place on March 31st from 8:30 to 9:30 pm city-wide. Join us to raise awareness for climate change.

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