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Contact: Chuck Myron

Environmental and Peace Education Center

Fort Myers, FL

P: (863) 273-1090

E: cmyron@onemain.com

Earth Hour delivers global statement tonight

Florida officially part of worldwide push for action on climate change

FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 27, 2010) — Lights out usually means the party’s over. Not tonight.

An hour of darkness will instead be a celebration of Earth Hour, an event aimed at stemming climate change that will be marked by the state of Florida and close to a billion people all over the world.

The Environmental and Peace Education Center (EPEC) is reminding everyone interested in the preservation of Southwest Florida’s sunshine, beaches and natural beauty to turn off all non-essential lighting for one hour beginning at 8:30 p.m.

It’s part of a movement organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), which this week announced that Florida is joining 29 other states in recognizing Earth Hour. The campaign has quickly become the world’s largest climate change initiative.

For more information, visit earthhour.org.

About EPEC

The Environmental and Peace Education Center, founded in 1982, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Fort Myers and dedicated to raising awareness of nonviolent conflict resolution and global sustainability across Southwest Florida.