The Department of Energy (DOE) encourages the whole country to participate in the annual Earth Hour being held on every 26th day of March.
This is to align on the DOE’s retention of being one of the advocates of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) for the Philippines’ annual Earth Hour campaign, to give importance and care for the conservation of energy even for just an hour from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM tomorrow, Saturday.
“The DOE highly encourages everyone to participate in this year’s Earth Hour. In just 60 minutes, we would already be able to make a signficant contribution to our country’s energy efficiency and conservation efforts,” Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said.
With this year’s theme as, “#CONNECT2EARTH SHAPE OUR FUTURE”, the department aims to celebrate it through a digital on-the-night doubling, which would serve as an avenue to communicate the urgent need for world leaders to come up with a new global action plan for nature in the coming decade.
“Everyone is invited to be a part of Earth Hour 2022 by switching off all non-essential lights for the night. When we connect with the earth, we are able to help shape our future,” Secretary Cusi concluded.
At present, the DOE serves to lead as an implementing agency of the Efficiency and Conservation (EEC) Act, continuing to promote practices and measures that would not only reduce energy consumption, as we all in addressing environmental concerns.