Lights Out Canada, Schools - April 22

Lights Out Canada is a national event during which schools across the country turn off their lights and spend the day learning about climate change and what youth can do to take action. Materials provided include comprehensive lesson plans, step-by-step participation guides, and visual aids. The Lights Out Canada Challenge is set for April 22, 2010, Earth Day. The Challenge is twofold:

• to reduce measurably and significantly school electricity use during the 2010-11 academic year without compromising either educational or extracurricular activities, and
• to help schools shift to more environmentally friendly "green" electricity which has virtually no carbon footprint.

Almost 150 schools have registered for this year's event already! For more information, visit http://www.lightsoutcanada.tpweb.ca/

From Canadian Environmental Network e-Bulletin, March 31, 2010.