The numbers are in: 8 million or half of Canada’s adult population participated in Earth Hour. But critics of recent Earth Hour expressed that ‘One hour is not enough!’ Thankfully, the organizers agree, and have partnered with World Wildlife Fund Canada’s The Good Life program to offer tips like this one:

Almost 90 per cent of the energy used to wash clothes goes into heating the water. You can save as much as $100 a year by changing to cold wash and rinse, and about130 kilograms of greenhouse gas emissions. If every household in Canada switched to cold in their washing machines, about 1.5 billion kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions would be saved. That is the equivalent to taking 250,000 cars off the road for one year! (The Good Life)

Think it’s only a drop in the bucket?? The difference you make becomes truly visible when you join thousands of other Canadians who are also “making simple but significant changes in their lifestyles to help fight climate change and reduce their footprint on the planet.” (The Good Life)

Already living as green as you can? Join anyway to see the measurable results of collective action. The Good Life allows you to register action you’ve taken as far back as a year ago!