Council get the green light

South Lanarkshire Council has been named‘Earth Hour Outreach Champion’ by the World Wide Fund for nature.

The award marks the success of the authority’s 2019 campaign which saw almost half of all local schools sign up to the Earth hour campaign online.

Community and resources chair John Anderson said: “South Lanarkshire Council has supported the campaign for several years and has again signed up for 2020.

“The‘Earth Hour Outreach Champion’ award is testament largely to the success of last year’s campaign with increased participation levels from our schools and nurseries, and more buy-in from community groups and local residents.

“Earth Hour has rapidly become one of the world’s largest mass movements on climate change action, and given how important these issues are to the future of our planet, it’s always reassuring to see our young people get involved.

WWF Scotland director Lang Banks said:“We’re delighted to award South Lanarkshire Council the Outreach Champion award for WWF’s Earth Hour.

“We were really impressed by their community outreach work, as well as the fact that nearly half of all their schools signed up to Earth Hour online.

“Earth Hour’s a great way for people and organisations to show their support for nature and action on climate change.

“We look forward to seeing what the Council has in store later this year.”

2020 is a year of climate action in the UK, with Glasgow set to host the UN’s climate change conference.