Earth Hour: Last minute call for volunteers (HELP!)

Friends,

Sa mga gustong magvolunteer pala for the saturation drive (described waaay below), change venue ng meeting place: 3pm at Max's Restaurant, Rajah Sulaiman Park, Roxas Boulevard bukas. We'll distribute kits and site assignments then. We have 6 hours before actual Earth Hour.

Also, you'll be joining (uninvited but exceedingly welcome) KKP staff volunteers for this. We need more people, kasi ang HABAAAA NG ROXAS BOULEVARD LECHE. There are other volunteers assigned somewhere else, like in Makati, EDSA etc.

At kung kaya niyo, magdala na kayo pang secret picnic/inuman on the front lawn of CCP. Secret kasi pinagbawal ng CCP ang food on the front lawn..... don't ask me why pero pag-bigyan na natin sila kasi gagastos sila ng malaki for tomorrow night para lang sa Earth Hour.

Earth Hour Countdown Event is on the front lawn of CCP:
7pm-8pm countdown stuff, mga pangaral ng mga tao, pasasalamat sa DOE, Green Army at sa iba pang tumulong, Firefly brigade magstatart mag ikot ng Roxas Blvd.
Just before 8pm, firetrucks from Chinese (Binondo) Fire Brigade will sound sirens and go through the entire stretch of Roxas Blvd to announce start of Earth Hour and remind people to start turning off/down their lights.
8pm-9pm full force glow-in-the-dark costume parade ng Firefly brigade, fire poi dancers, acoustic concert and secret inuman
9pm-onwards watch other cities in the world start their Earth Hour

Sa mga volunteer: kitakits 3pm Max's Restaurant, Rajah Sulaiman Park
Sa mga di pdng magvolunteer, pero gustong makisalo: kitakits 6:30pm front lawn of CCP, just look for a Panda banner.

Sinong game? Kung game ka, pakihanap na lang ako 09163409849. Txt kayo kung sama kayo saturation drive.

Ruby

Ruby Ann Marie Magturo wrote: Hi Friends,

We still need volunteers for tomorrow afternoon's saturation drive just before the actual Earth Hour event. We need to talk to establishments along the following Roxas Blvd segments to inform them about the coming Earth Hour.

Roxas Boulevard segments:
1) Intramuros
2) Manila Hotel to Kalaw; UN Avenue to Pedro Gil
3) Pedro Gil to San Andres (Malate)
4) San Andres to Pres. Quirino
5) Pres. Quirino to P. Ocampo (Vito Cruz)
6) Vito Cruz to Buendia (Gil Puyat)
7) Buendia (Gil Puyat) to Libertad
8) Libertad to EDSA
9) CCP Harbor Square

MEETING PLACE: Our rendezvous point will be at the CCP Harbor View
MEETING TIME: Saturday 29 March 3:00 pm

We'll be distributing info kits to the world (haha)

After the saturation drive, magpicnic party tayo during the Countdown Event sa front lawn ng CCP. Magstastart yung Countdown program ng 6pm. (May dala akong glow-in-the-dark paint for fun and non-profit during the lights out.)

Sinong game?

Ruby

Earth Hour 2008 Updates

Officially participating in Earth Hour are the following Metro Manila cities: Pasay, Manila, Paranaque, and Makati; plus the possible last-minute participation of QC. Primarily, Roxas Boulevard LGUs have pledged to switch off all the lights along Roxas Blvd; Makati will switch off street lights along major thoroughfares and ring all church bells and sound fire truck sirens to signal Earth Hour. WWF is coordinating with Meralco to ensure smooth switch-off of street lights.

On the side of corporate commitments:

• Philips has given funds for the production of materials and will sponsor the Countdown Event and Lights-Out Program on March 29;
• Coke has pledged to shut-off all their billboards and provide drinks for the Countdown Event;
• Ayala will do lights-out in all Ayala-controlled properties including malls;
• Starbucks will provide coffee drinks at the Countdown Event and 50% lights-out in all their Metro Manila branches;
• Jollibee, Greenwich, Chowking will post the Earth Hour poster and do lights-out in all Metro Manila branches;
• SM will shut-off 80% of lights at Mall of Asia;
• HSBC will turn off all their billboards;
• Canon will turn off all billboards;

Thanks to Yeb for the updates!

Earth Hour Needs You: Call for GA

What: Earth Hour Volunteers’ General Assembly

When: March 18, 2008 at 4:00p.m.

Where: First Philippine Holdings Caseroom, G/F,

AIM Main Building

WWF-Philippines calls on all interested individuals to join a Volunteer General Assembly to learn more about global warming, climate change and how everyone can make a difference through Earth Hour.

Please let us know if you can make it by replying tsantiag@wwf.org.ph or giving us a call through 920-7931 or 26 by 11am on March 17, 2008

Please spread the word and we hope to see you there!

Earth Hour will take place throughout the Philippines from 8 to 9 in the evening on Saturday, 29 March 2008. WWF invites you to participate by shutting off lights for 60 minutes, organizing your own "lights-out" event or by forwarding this mail to your friends, workmates and family. Don’t forget to SIGN UP at www.earthhour.org

Launched in Australia on the 31st of March 2007, Earth Hour moved 2.2 million people and 2100 businesses in Sydney to turn off their lights for one hour. This massive collective effort reduced the city's energy consumption by 10.2% for one hour. With Sydney icons like the Harbour Bridge and Opera House turning their lights off and unique events such as weddings by candlelight, the world took notice. Inspired by the collective effort of millions of Sydneysiders, many major global cities are joining Earth Hour in 2008, turning a symbolic event into a global movement.

YOUR participation will go a long way in spreading the message that we, as individual droplets working collectively – can create an impetus far more powerful than the mightiest of rivers. For more information, log on to the WWF Earth Hour page at: www.earthhour.org.

Teena G. Santiago

Marketing Services Manager

WWF-Philippines/

Kabang Kalikasan ng Pilipinas

JBD Plaza, 65 Mindanao Avenue

Bagong Pag-Asa, Quezon City

Philippines

Phone: + 63 2 920-7923 or 26

Fax: +63 2 454-3533

Mobile: +63 920 923-6998

email: tsantiago@wwf.org.ph

Website: http://wwf.org.ph