Digital Earth Hour: A Time to Learn About Coastal Ecosystems in Belize

Belizeans are invited to spend an hour online this Saturday learning about coastal and marine Environments. The event, called “Earth Hour” begins at eight thirty p.m. Coordinated by the World Wildlife Fund, the event website features materials for the whole family, including educational materials on climate change and how to adapt to its impacts. Participants select one area to learn about during Earth Hour and are then invited to write a pledge describing how they can commit to conserve these ecosystems. After the Hour finishes, W.W.F. will select the best and most feasible and creative ways in which these pledges are written and will award the best ones with different W.W.F. promotional products and other prizes. To participate, log on to www.bit.ly/earthhourbelize. Earth Hour is celebrated on the last Saturday of March each year and traditionally consists of turning off the lights for an hour to consider how humans affect the planet and take long-term actions to reduce this footprint.