Earth Hour 2022 encourages Filipinos to vote for the environment's future

This coming Earth Hour 2022 celebration highlights the need to be decisive for the coming national elections.

Filipinos must choose leaders who will actively respond to the dual challenge of climate change and biodiversity loss in the next six years. 

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Philippines’ (WWF-PH) Shape Our Future: The Countdown to Earth Hour 2022 Virtual Roundtable discussion happening on March 26, 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. will talk about the environmental issues that the next set of leaders of the country should focus on.

The yearly global switching off of lights will be observed from 8:30pm to 9:30pm in the Philippines.

Over 150 countries around the world will also follow suit as part of this one-of-a-kind global grassroots movement for nature. Millions of people participate every year in Earth Hour regardless of nationality or religion making a true movement of humanity for the environment.

Discussions about the loss of nature and climate change as defining issues for the country will be led by Earth Hour Philippines National Director Atty. Angela Consuelo Ibay, with panelists WWF-PH Child Ambassador Xia Vigor, WWF-PH National Youth Council member and ASEAN Youth Advocates Founder Mirus Ponon, The Green Thumb Coalition Convenor Jaybee Garganera, Ten

Knots Director of Sustainability Mariglo Laririt, and Rodel Cabigal, President of United Ilijan Agricultural Workers for Sustainable Development.

With the theme “Shape our future,” the environmental movement aims to be a platform to encourage and mobilize collective action for the environment by educating and inspiring everyone, especially government leaders, to act for nature and climate.

Earth Hour 2022 movement takes the opportunity to educate and empower Filipino voters to #ChangeTheEnding for the Philippines by highlighting the issues in biodiversity conservation and climate change, and raise these issues with people seeking office in the coming elections.

Along with the aim to encourage people to switch off in solidarity with the planet, the Earth Hour 2022 also serves as a call to action to make every individual realize their role in shaping a new future for the people and the planet by taking small steps towards building a sustainable lifestyle as

well as urging the government and large-scale companies to help build a fairer, nature-positive and net-zero carbon future.

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