“Lights out Sussex & Surrey”
On
Saturday, March 29, 2008
between 8pm and 9pm
“Lights Out Sussex & Surrey”
will see darkness fall over the counties by the people of Sussex & Surrey
switching off all non-essential lights
and appliances. 102.7 Mercury FM is pioneering this iconic event
which will start the long journey to making Sussex & Surrey a greener
counties, coinciding with global Earth Hour – an event which will
encourage cities around the globe to reduce their carbon emissions. We’d
like you to pledge to turn your lights out for the hour and be part of this
worthwhile campaign to create a more environmentally sound Sussex
& Surrey.
“Lights
out Sussex & Surrey”
is a campaign that aims to reduce greenhouse emissions and demonstrate how a
few small actions from businesses, schools and individuals can literally make
the world of difference. Almost half of the UK's
carbon dioxide emissions, the main greenhouse gas which causes climate change,
actually come from the things we do every day. Things like leaving lights on
unnecessarily or overfilling the kettle all waste energy and result in needless
carbon dioxide emissions.
It’s
estimated the area that 102.7 Mercury fm transmits to generates 5,547,000
kg of carbon emissions*, the equivalent to filling
31,000 double decker buses or nearly 185 million party balloons**.
102.7
Mercury FM have already got the support of the National Grid, without which “Lights
Out Sussex & Surrey” would not be
possible. 37 radio stations across the GCap
Media One Network are taking part, so Lights Out Sussex & Surrey will have
a positive impact on not only our counties, but the whole of the UK.
“Lights
Out Sussex
& Surrey”
follows on from last year’s phenomenal success of Capital 95.8’s award
winning “Lights out London”,
102.7 Mercury FM’s sister radio station. On June 21, the longest day of
2007, millions of Londoners switched off their lights and included the most
iconic buildings and businesses in the city including The Houses of Parliament,
Buckingham
Palace, The Piccadilly
Lights, BT Tower, The London Eye, Canary
Wharf, St
Paul’s Cathedral, The
Gherkin and Tower 42. This resulted in a reduction of 10% of carbon emissions
being produced within Lights out London.
In the week of Lights Out London 14% was saved on energy consumption (equating
to 0.65 tonnes of carbon dioxide).
*Source: DEFRA
Local and Regional Estimates Carbon Emissions Summary 2005
**Source: The
Energy Savings Trust
*** Source: RAJAR
W4:07 (based on an average week over a six month period in the 102.7 Mercury FM
Target Survey Area)
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