Thursday 28 April 2011

Upper Hutt City Council encourages action for Earth Hour

Come along to the Library on Sunday 8 May for the first ever Healthy Homes, Happy Pockets Expo – an Earth Hour special event. The expo will provide the opportunity for you to meet the real people and organisations that can help you save money and look after your family’s health and the environment at the same time.

The Rotary Lounge in Upper Hutt Library will be filled with stalls from organisations like Operation Green Thumb representing local community gardens, the Cycling Advocates Network for those wanting to know more about cycling as a means of transport, and organisations providing subsidised retrofit home insulation and solar water heating.

The first 250 people to arrive will receive a FREE home sustainability info kit. The Ecostore has been very generous in supporting the event and have provided samples for people to take home and trial. There will also be a prizedraw for everyone to enter on the day.

Community Services, Upper Hutt City Council was successful in a bid for funding from Earth Hour New Zealand, allowing this event to happen. Earth Hour happened on Saturday 26 March, where people around the world turned off their lights for one hour to show their support for action against climate change. This year, Earth Hour is encouraging everyone to “go beyond the hour” and make a change with ongoing benefits to our environment.

Lillian Fougere from Upper Hutt City Council, says "it’s such a bonus that healthy choices and saving money most often benefit our environment. The first ever Healthy Homes, Happy Pockets Expo is all about illustrating the range of actions people can choose that have these multiple benefits, and the organisations out there to support them in those choices.”

For more information, see www.upperhuttcity.com/healthyhomes or call the Upper Hutt Library on 5272117. To find out more about Earth Hour, visit www.earthhour.org.nz

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