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Fleming College celebrates Earth Hour

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Fleming College will celebrate Earth Hour next week with a Global Warming Awareness Campaign.The event will take place on Tuesday, March 25 and Friday, March 28 between 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the main foyer of the Sutherland Campus.An information display will be set up to demonstrate Fleming’s support for this cause. The display will include information on global warming and Peterborough’s Earth Hour event. Students and staff will be invited to sign a petition in support of Earth Hour at the display. Also, the movie "An Inconvenient Truth" will be shown from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in room 551 on both days.According to Fleming student Ruth Greig, Coordinator of the Global Warming Awareness Campaign, there are a few reasons for Fleming’s support of the campaign: • To bring awareness of the "Earth Hour/Hour of Darkness" campaign, occurring on March 29, 2007.  At 8 p.m. that day, people around the world will be turning off their lights for an hour in a global effort to save the environment. • Fleming College’s proactive stance on global warming and its effects on our worldThis is the second year Fleming College has participated in Earth Hour with a Global Warming Awareness Campaign.     – 30 -For more information: Laura Copeland, Communications Officer, 749-5530 ext. 1370 or copeland@flemingc.on.ca