Photographer – Ben Porter WWF’s Earth Hour is a global movement, which brings hundreds of millions of people together across the globe to unite and show that they care about the future of our planet, our one shared home. This year Earth Hour will take place on Saturday March 26th 8:30-9:30pm with homes, businesses, and landmarks all over Wales due to take part. Last year thousands of people from all over Wales came together to show case creative ways to…
SATURDAY 27TH MARCH – 20:30-21:30 GMT Earth Hour is the moment every year when millions unite around the world to show they care about the future of our planet. WWF-Cymru is inviting people to join this year’s symbolic ‘switch off’ at home on Saturday 27th March, as an opportunity to connect with our planet. This year we’re asking you to take part individually, with households or as communities. Due to the current situation, the focus has shifted to participation at home. Nine out of ten people who take part in Earth Hour feel inspired to…
Hundreds of people joined the Cycle on the Senedd in Cardiff today to call for a doubling of investment in active travel. They heard pledges of support from representatives of all four major parties. The steps of the Senedd were crowded with people who had got on their bikes to lobby Welsh Government to fulfil the promises made in the Active Travel Act. Lee Waters AM (Labour), David Melding AM (Conservative), Dai Lloyd AM (Plaid Cymru) and…
At 1.00pm on Tuesday people from across Wales will “cycle on the Senedd” to lobby Welsh Government for an increase in investment in walking and cycling to £20 per head, as recommended in a recent report by the Assembly’s Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee. Welsh Government is currently spending just £10 per head, half of the level in Scotland. They will hear from representatives of each of the major parties as well as speakers from health and environmental organisations. The…
WHAT? Physical installation of sculpture; time-lapse film and free repro photos available WHO? WWF Cymru and artist Lulu Quinn WHEN? Saturday 18 March 2017 (starting from 9am till 5pm) WHERE? National Assembly for Wales – Senedd building – outside main entrance WHY? First time sculpture of this kind suspended from Assembly, opportunity for public to see spectacle and still get involved by adding message on WWF Cymru webpage or taking selfie Earth Hour is 10-years-old. WWF Cymru, the Welsh arm…
WWF-Cymru, the Welsh arm of the global conservation organisation, is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Earth Hour (the annual event that sees millions worldwide switch off their lights) this March, by helping the people of Wales to send a giant, eight metre message in a bottle to Welsh politicians and the world, calling for urgent national and global action on climate change. Suspended from the Senedd building in the week running up to Earth Hour (March 25th, 8.30pm – 9.30pm)…
