Earth Hour 2022 - 26 March @ 8:30 PM

The message for the environment continues to be urgent and critical. No matter how small.

Earth Hour information and resources can be located at this hyperlink: Earth Hour 2022

Earth Hour 2021 - Saturday 27 March - 8.30 PM

Link:  Earth Hour 2021

Earth Hour - 28 March 2020

 

The link to Earth Hour is:  Earth Hour 2020

Earth Hour 2019 - Saturday 30 March 2019 - 8.30PM

Earth Hour link below:
Earth Hour 2019

Earth Hour - 24 March 2018

Earth Hour website: Click here

Easter - the tradition of Hot Cross Buns

Hot Cross Bun - ready for eating

Easter - this religious Christian event in the calendar has become synonymous with Hot Cross buns, Easter Eggs and the Easter Bunny (although in Australia this has been partially displaced by the Easter Bilby). So what is the significance of Hot Cross buns ? Traditionally these are consumed on the Good Friday of the Easter period to mark the end of Lent and may be consumed from the period of Shrove Tuesday through to midday, Good Friday. The buns are sweet buns but can be made without dairy products for those persons who have a more strict traditional interpretation. The cross on the bun is intended to depict the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and the spice in a bun is intended as a representation of the embalming of Jesus at entombment. But Easter itself originated from ancient polytheistic religions or pagan and the name comes from the goddess Eostre. The use of crosses on various small cakes has a multiplicity of sources from Anglo Saxon to Roman and has since been appropriated by the Christian religion. Like Christmas, Easter is a blend of various religious practices over different periods of time representing a fusion of old and younger beliefs.

Earth Hour - March 19, 2016: 8.30pm - 9.30pm

Earth Hour 2016

Earth Hour - Saturday 28 March 2015

Earth Hour this year is on Saturday 28th March 2015 from 8.30 PM to 9.30 PM. Although largely symbolic with little practical impact on energy saving, the event continues to remind people across the globe on the importance of tackling climate change. What will you be doing ?

The Link is here: Earth hour 2015 

Earth Hour 2014 - Saturday March 29, 2014 - 8.30PM

Earth Hour in 2014 will be held on Saturday the 29th of March at 8.30PM with this year's focus on Australia's own wonder of the world, the Great Barrier Reef. Earth Hour's theme this year is 'Lights out for the Reef' to highlight the current threats to the reef from climate change and other causes. So light up the candles and turn out the lights on the evening of the 29th March.

Earth Hour 2013

Earth Hour 2012

Earth Hour 2010

Its time once more to give a commitment to dealing, in a personal sense, with carbon emissions and energy usage.

Earth Hour 2009

Earth Hour once again comes around in its 3rd year and now 3,000 cities and towns in over 90 countries are participating with the support of the United Nations. The actual level of carbon emissions saved by switching off for 60 minutes is very small however the need for constant consciousness in order to encourage policy action should not be underestimated. The chronic need for wide agreement between nations and major polluters at the Copenhagen conference this year is essential if some possibility of mitigating the most extreme effects is to be achieved.