{"id":4077,"date":"2015-03-27T13:02:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T18:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vivanext.com\/blog\/?p=4077"},"modified":"2015-03-27T13:07:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-27T18:07:02","slug":"earth-hour-%e2%80%93-make-it-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/2015\/03\/27\/earth-hour-%e2%80%93-make-it-count\/","title":{"rendered":"earth hour \u2013 make it count"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"earth<\/p>\n

It\u2019s that time of year again, when we turn off the lights and other electronics for an hour on Saturday, March 28 at 8:30pm<\/strong>. To raise awareness about climate change, this hour reminds us that with only a small amount of effort we can use less energy. In York Region and Simcoe County last year, Powerstream recorded 48 megawatts in savings \u2013 enough to power 1,480 homes for 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Aside from Earth Hour, you can be planet-friendly by doing things like using energy-efficient light bulbs, mowing your lawn less, walking or biking and sharing your ride or by taking transit. Viva may be blue<\/em>, but it is a great green<\/em> alternative! Every little thing counts, and it all adds up to a healthier environment.<\/p>\n

So, York Region\u2026 enjoy your candle-lit dinners, your early-spring walks, some quiet time or take a ride on transit. If you\u2019re looking for Earth Hour activities Saturday, check out some of the events happening around the Region, at community centres and local businesses: Powerstream blog about events in Markham and Vaughan<\/a>, Facebook community page for Earth Hour in Newmarket<\/a>, Earth Hour 2015 official video<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s that time of year again, when we turn off the lights and other electronics for an hour on Saturday, March 28 at 8:30pm. To raise awareness about climate change, this hour reminds us that with only a small amount of effort we can use less energy. In York Region and Simcoe County last year, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[92,114,47,49,61,48,7,70,9],"class_list":["post-4077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-davis-drive","tag-highway-7","tag-markham","tag-newmarket","tag-richmond-hill","tag-vaughan","tag-vivanext","tag-vivastation","tag-york-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4077"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4080,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4077\/revisions\/4080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yrrtc.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}