{"id":242,"date":"2012-04-03T11:45:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T11:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.johnwhittingdale.co.uk\/?p=242"},"modified":"2021-08-09T16:00:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T16:00:36","slug":"mp-switches-off-for-wwfs-earth-hour-to-show-support-for-rio-environment-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/?p=242","title":{"rendered":"MP switches off for WWF\u2019s Earth Hour to show support for Rio environment summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Rio carnival came to the Houses of Parliament as part of WWF\u2019s Earth Hour 2012\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

John Whittingdale MP committed to switch off the lights for WWF\u2019s Earth Hour 2012 and to supporting the environment summit in Rio. WWF\u2019s Earth Hour is a simple idea that has become a global phenomenon, with hundreds of millions of people turning off their lights on March 31 at 8.30pm to show they want to create a brighter future for the planet. Last year 135 countries, hundreds of millions of people and famous landmarks from Big Ben and Buckingham Palace in London to the India Gate in New Delhi took part in WWF\u2019s Earth Hour.<\/p>\n

The global event comes only a few weeks before another vital appointment for the 2012 environment calendar. In June, the Brazilian city famous in the world for its beautiful carnival will host the environment summit and MP is already showing support by signing up to WWF\u2019s Earth Hour. The Rio summit is a crucial moment for world leaders to discuss vital themes for the future, such as sustainable food, water and energy, and also assess what progress has been made since the first summit twenty years ago.<\/p>\n

Colin Butfield, WWF\u2019s head of campaigns said: \u2018Earth Hour is not about saving an hour\u2019s electricity. It\u2019s something much bigger. It\u2019s about people coming together to put the focus on this brilliant world we all share \u2013 and how we need to protect it. Not just for an hour a year, but every day.\u2019 \u201cThis year\u2019s Rio conference is a fundamental moment for world leaders to commit to doing something tangible about the planet and taking part in Earth Hour is a small but important step that everyone can take on the 31st of March\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

John Whittingdale\u00a0MP said, \u201cI encourage people in to sign up and do something special during Earth Hour: from simply reading a book with your children, to a candlelit dinner party, everyone can show that they care for the environment\u201d. For more information on WWF\u2019s Earth Hour, please visit www.earthhour.wwf.org.uk\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rio carnival came to the Houses of Parliament as part of WWF\u2019s Earth Hour 2012\u00a0\u00a0 John Whittingdale MP committed to switch off the lights for WWF\u2019s Earth Hour 2012 and to supporting the environment summit in Rio. WWF\u2019s Earth Hour is a simple idea that has become a global phenomenon, with hundreds of millions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-westminster-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1161,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/1161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.johnwhittingdale.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}