Earth Hour Miami

Join the Beacon Hotel in supporting Earth Hour on Saturday March 28, 2009 from 8:30 pm to 9:30pm. The Beacon will turn off the external neon lights and will encourage all guests to participate in Earth Hour.

On Saturday, March 28, 2009 from 8:30 to 9:30 pm, the City of Miami invites residents, businesses and neighbors to voluntarily switch off their lights in support of Earth Hour, a global event that makes a powerful statement on climate change. Across the world, from Miami to San Francisco, Bangkok to Sydney, Tel Aviv to Copenhagen, cities are seizing this opportunity to demonstrate how we can all work together to make a positive impact in the fight against this global issue.

City of Miami Mayor Manuel A. Diaz encourages you to join him for this historic event by pledging to turn off all non-essential lights on March 28th at 8:30pm. "Earth Hour is just one step we can make to support environmental sustainability across the City," says Mayor Diaz, "it is a call to action on climate change and a more sustainable Miami."

The Earth Hour initiative is part of Mayor Diaz’s Green Agenda, which includes an aggressive push to reduce the City’s greenhouse gas emissions, promotion of green buildings,, energy efficiency upgrades to city buildings, implementation of a Tree Master Plan to increase the city’s tree canopy to 30%, and other environmental initiatives.

This year, Miami is one of WWF's 6 Flagship American Cities, but people will be celebrating all across this country and the world. For more information please visit http://www.earthhourus.org/main.php