Earth Hour 2009

On Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 8:30 pm, COMTECH INSTITUTE will be taking part in what promises to be an amazing an inspiring event in the flight against climate change—Earth Hour, sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund.
By simply turning off all non-essential lighting for one hour at our locations and facilities across Philippines/world, we will join tens of millions of concerned citizens and corporations throughout the world in calling for action to save our planet for future generations.


More than 50 million people in 370 cities around the world took part in Earth Hour 2008. The lights went out at Sydney’s Opera House, Rome’s Coliseum, the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge. Even the Google homepage went dark for the day. Many major corporations took part including HP, Coca-Cola, and Morgan Stanley.
This year, Earth Hour promises to be even bigger. In Philippines, many cities have already pledged to participate including Zamboanga City…with more signing up daily. They will join international cities such as Beijing, Cape Town, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Las Angeles, London, Manila, Mexico City, Moscow, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, and Toronto.

To get a better sense of the magnitude and inspiring nature the event, please take a moment to watch WWF’s video about Earth Hour 2009 at

I invite all of you to share your ideas for ways that we can reduce our environmental footprint.

We’re excited about Earth Hour and hope you are too. Don’t forget—March 28th at 8:30 pm, switch off.