Young climate savers website encourages students to participate in Earth Hour

Updated on: Friday, March 27, 2009

New Delhi:Young climate savers website encourages students to participate in Earth Hour. Students could register support for by logging on to youngclimatesavers.com

It is now the turn of students to get on the 'Earth hour' bandwagon. Conveyed as the world's first global mandate for a living planet, it is for the first time in world history that people of all ages, nationalities, race and backgrounds have the opportunity to use their light switch as a show of solidarity towards protecting the Earth.

WWF and Tetra Pak launched www.youngclimate savers.com – website which educates students on the impact of global warming and climate change. More and more students are encouraged to participate in the Earth Hour by switching off their lights for one hour on 28th March 2009 from 8:30 to 9:30pm to be a part of this significant movement

The website will be running an awareness campaign titled "You don't have to be 18 to vote, you can vote by just participating in Earth Hour and be a part of the worlds biggest movement against climate change".

The website aims to create awareness across the student's fraternity in India on climate changes and through them it will be reaching out to a larger community thereby influencing them to become 'climate savers'. The first phase of the Young Climate Savers programme conducted across in India is aimed to educate more than 20,000 school children.

Speaking on the campaign to engage students Mr. Jaideep Gokhale, Programme Head - Food for Development Office & Environment, Tetra Pak India Pvt. Ltd said "Tetra Pak takes its responsibility towards the environment very seriously and over the past few years has taken the lead in creating an environment consciousness among citizens, especially the young and in promoting post consumer carton recycling. This year, on 28th March, close to a billion people from 930 cities across the world would join this fight against climate change and through www.youngclimatesavers.com, we want to sensitize students to join the Earth Hour drive and start saving on energy for a better tomorrow"

It is imperative that awareness is created about environment amongst students, who are the future of the nation; it is essential that they build an attitude of caring and sharing of natural resources.

"The engagement of students in environment conservation initiatives at an early age is necessary. It is important that they imbime sustainable practices early on and are able to influence others to follow as well. The YCS programme has seen tremendous support from students since its launch; and we are confident that they shall register in huge numbers in their support of the Earth hour drive as well" said Ms Farida Tampal, AP State Director, WWF-India

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