This Saturday January 4th, HR MacMillan Space Centre is hosting a special New Year event for the whole family. The Perihelion is the moment when the Earth will be closest to the sun for all of 2020, astronomically considered the start of the solar year. Perihelion Family Night at HR MacMillan Space Centre includes activities, live…
Tag: Earth
Earth Hour 2015
There is perhaps no easier way to help raise awareness about climate change than to participate in Earth Hour. World Wildlife Fund’s Earth Hour 2015 takes place this Saturday, March 28th from 8:30-9:30pm (local time). Since it’s humble start in Australia in 2007, the lights out event has grown to 162 countries and countless people…
Earth Art Grows at Van Dusen Gardens
Can you feel the earth moving? This summer, VanDusen Botanical Garden is welcoming five acclaimed international and local earth artists: Nils-Udo, Urs-P. Twellmann, Chris Booth, Nicole Dextras and Michael Dennis. Assembled by John Grande – one of the world’s foremost Earth Art curators – the artists are at work now creating sculptural works within the…
Earth Hour 2012
On March 31 turn out any unnecessary lights and join millions of people united to protect the planet. Organized the World Wildlife Fund for Nature and held annually on the last Saturday of March from 8:30pm to 9:30pm, Earth Hour is aimed to raise awareness of the impact of climate change. The movement began in Sydney,…
Earth Hour 2011
First conceived in 2007 by the World Wildlife Fund and the Sydney Morning Herald, as a way to highlight the need for action on climate change, Earth Hour saw 2.2 million residence of Sydney Australia turn off non-essential lights for one hour. Other cities and countries adopted Earth Hour in 2008 and now in it’s…