Transcript Lights Out Canada

Lights Out
Canada
- Why bother turning out the
lights?
Turn out the lights Massey!
 If
you have not already done so, we invite
your class to participate in Lights Out
Canada by turning off your classroom
lights for the TAG period and if you want,
for the rest of the day.
What is Lights Out Canada?
“Lights Out Canada is an annual event
during which schools across the country turn
off their lights and spend the day learning
about climate change and what youth can
do to take action.”
http://lightsoutcanada.tpweb.ca/?page_id=10
Lights Out Canada’s goals:
Educate students and teachers about the
dangers of climate change.
 Provide participants with a host of ideas as to
how to change everyday habits and
empower them to lead more sustainable
lifestyles.
 Encourage schools to be aware of
environmentally unfriendly practices, and
revise them.
http://lightsoutcanada.tpweb.ca/?page_id=10

Last year:
 170
000 students and teachers in almost
400 schools participated in our 6th annual
event, held in partnership with Earth Day
Canada on April 21, 2011.
 Want to watch Rick Mercer? Click here
for a short video on the campaign from
last year.
Yes…..we know
 We
understand it is a little weird to turn off
the lights yet still rely on overhead
projectors…but…there are still reasons to
participate even if we still rely on the use
of energy throughout the day.
It creates awareness
 Unfortunately
humanity is impacting the
world in many different ways. Turning off
the lights for an hour, or a day, raises
awareness of our reliance on energy. It is
easy to take for granted how much we
rely on cheap and affordable energy.
It creates discussion
 Turning
off the lights can have people
asking questions. We hope people are
asking questions. Why are we doing this?
How will this help? What impact will this
have? Being skeptical is great. Ask
questions, be curious, explore for answers.
Any discussion that seeks to understand
how we are impacting the world is a
good discussion.
It does save energy

Having lights on all day does use energy.
Using less energy reduces our impact on the
environment.

To produce electricity to power the lights, we
use a variety of sources in Canada, including
oil, nuclear power, wind power, and coal. In
Manitoba we use hydropower which is
renewable but it does necessitate the
construction of dams which requires fossil
fuels. Creating dams also changes water
levels which can drastically alter ecosystems.
What else can we do?
 Our
goal is by the end of today’s TAG
period you will have a number of simple
actions that you can perform at school, at
home, or even on the road that will help
reduce our impact on the world and our
reliance on energy.
If you want:
 See this years map of participants:
 http://lightsoutcanada.tpweb.ca/?page_id=262
 Watch
this years video from Lights Out
Canada

http://lightsoutcanada.tpweb.ca/
Now watch our video:
 Made
by our very own Envirothon and
SDC students!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCq7NyoMw5Y