The City of Edinburgh Council today launched its Earth Hour 2012 Photography competition – ‘What we’re doing about climate change’.
The competition will give individuals, communities and businesses the chance to let the city know what they are doing to reduce the effects of climate change and to mark WWF’s Earth Hour 2012 on 31 March.
Photos can be uploaded to the Council’s Earth Hour flickr website and entered into a prize draw, where they can win one of 3 £50 Scotmid vouchers.
The competition runs from 5 March to Friday 13 April 2012.
Edinburgh is the latest Scottish city to sign up to WWF's Earth Hour 2012.
At 8.30pm on Saturday 31 March the people of Edinburgh will join millions across the globe in switching off their lights for 60 minutes in a graphic demonstration of support for people and wildlife threatened by climate change.
Last year millions of people in 134 countries worldwide took part in WWF's Earth Hour. Some of world's most recognisable landmarks went dark including the Sydney Opera House and the Eiffel Tower. In Scotland almost 500 schools joined hundreds of businesses, organisations and community groups for the big switch off.
This year in addition to lights-out at iconic Scottish locations like Edinburgh Castle and the Falkirk Wheel, WWF is encouraging community groups and local organisations to join in the fun.
Ideas for celebrating Earth Hour include: star-gazing, torch-lit nature walks, candle-lit suppers or pub-quizzes and even games of golf in the dark.
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