Turn off your lights with Claire Clarke for Earth Hour
Turn your lights off with Claire Clarke during Earth Hour
19-year-old singers-songwriter, Western Australian ambassador for the
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Earth Hour, Claire Clarke will be turning
her lights off between 8.30-9.30 on Saturday 28^th March, 2009.
Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007 and is an event where people around
the globe will be switching off their lights for one hour. Australia
emits around 570 million tones of greenhouse gases a year with 20
percent coming from households and 10 per cent coming from the
commercial sector. "It is an event Australians should be proud of and a
way for us to show the world out continuing leadership by reducing
greenhouse emissions" says Claire. Earth Hour aims to reach 1 billion
people in over 1,000 cities creating a global show of support for the
world's leaders to take strong action at the United National Climate
Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009.
Claire continuously helps the environment on a day-to-day basis by
turning power point off at the wall, opens her windows during summer
instead of using air-conditioning and always recycles. "Dedicating one
hour of our time during Earth Hour is of huge importance, because it
reminds us of the Earth's fragility and difference we can all make to
our important environment" says Claire. If we continue to generate
emissions at today's pace, Australia will loose many of its natural
icons including The Great Barrier Reef.
The WWF selected Claire as their Western Australian ambassador in
October 2007 due to her ability to positively influence her teen
following of fans. "I have had a passion for the environment form a
young age and it's an honour to have been a WWF ambassador in order to
help gain awareness towards environmental conservation" says Claire.
Having already released the album 'Unhinged' in 2008, this young starlet
has packed much into her short life with new single 'Shut Your Mouth and
Kiss Me' due for releases in March 2009, on the same day as Earth
Hour!
Australia's per capita emissions are 4.5 times higher than the global
average and second only to the USA.
www.clarieclarke.com
www.earthhour.org
