Some weeks ago CubeMatch Ireland invited its employees to participate in two staff challenge initiatives for Earth Hour and Earth Day 2021.
Earth Hour occurs around the end of March and is a worldwide yearly event created by the WWF encouraging individuals, communities, businesses and corporations to turn off non-essential lights for an hour on that day; and Earth Day, occurring every year at the end of April is a worldwide celebration of our planet raising awareness of climate change, pollution and other environmental concerns.
For the CubeMatch Earth Hour challenge, each participant dedicated 1 hour of their work week to do something positive for the environment. This was converted by the company into a donation of €455 which was in turn gifted to the Irish Wildlife Trust.
For our second challenge, CubeMatch Earth Month, staff chose actions, goals they wanted to follow for the month to reduce their impact on the environment, and some staff family members even participated in some of the challenges.
- Planting trees, veggies and/or flowers
- Shopping only seasonal and local produces
- Reducing their electricity and car usage
- Picking up litter while walking
- Eating less meat and/or fish
- Not using any single-use plastic product
Well done to all the participants for their fantastic commitment, this really shows that even “a little goes a long way” and that we can all do our part and contribute to the protection of our environment and our planet.
To learn more about the WWF and their work : https://www.worldwildlife.org/
To learn more about the Irish Wildlife Trust and their work : https://iwt.ie/