Post Earth Hour 2011 - what, who, where
Hi, Across Australia - over 300 schools, 150 councils, almost 2000 businesses, and 220 government departments across Australia signed up, as well as thousands of individual Australians. Across the world - a record 134 countries and territories on all 7 continents participated. Across the social network – globally, Earth Hour dominated as a topic on social networking channels over recent days, with Australian international model Miranda Kerr “hijacking” the Myspace homepage for Earth Hour. YouTube also displayed a customised doodle across the site for Earth Hour, while a light switch appearing above each video allows users to darken the YouTube host page. At the Earth Hour Awards - as millions of people across the country switched off the lights, Australia’s most inspiring stories of people going beyond the hour were recognised at the official WWF Earth Hour Awards event in Sydney on Saturday night. The finalists in each category were assessed by an expert judging panel, convened by WWF-Australia Governor Greg Bourne and consisting of: And the winners of the Earth Hour Awards were: The Young Panda Award - Hanan Hassan & Julia Lin, PLC Junior School (Pymble, NSW) T The Workplace Champion Award - Benjamin Grimshaw, Hilton Hotel (Sydney, NSW) The Futuremakers Award - Lloyd Linson-Smith, Inventor (Oakey, QLD) The Lifetime Achievement Award - Burr Dodd & Lolo Houbein, Trees For Life (Brooklyn Park, SA) The Education Award - Cate Lawrence, Green Renters (Brunswick, VIC) The People’s Choice Award – Catherine Lee, The Point Preschool (Oyster Bay, NSW) Earth Hour pics: Want to see pics from the event and other Earth Hour scenes from across Australia? Yes I do! Then go to our ‘Earth Hour 2011’ Flickr album at http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwfaustralia/ Have you got your own pics? Yes I do! Well add them on! (instructions are here - http://www.earthhour.org.au/take-action/how-to-guides/) Cheers, Ron Ron Newton WWF-Australia
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