Dear Chief Minister, Saligao MLA & Sarpanch...

Dear Manoharbhav, Dilip and Eknath,

As a team who are all in the same party and on the same page, we in Saligao expect much from the 3 of you for Earth Hour 2013 and towards establishing Renewable Energy solutions to our problematic power supply.

For a start you can switch off all non-essential lights, from 8:30-9:30 pm in the state...beginning with Saligao's church and temple exterior illumination.  Surely, a combination of the 3 of you can ensure this tiny measure.

Second...slowly phase out Saligao's connection to the grid.  Make this a FIRST in Goa! Starting with the Panchayat building, all street lighting and finally public illumination switch Saligao totally to Renewable Energy using a combination of solar, biomass and wind energy: 

- Do away with the garbage dump on our hill that is destroying our village and use all our hills for wind turbines (windmills).
- Use all our biodegradable waste in a biomass plant to create additional power.
- Use Saligao's solar energy to complete our electricity needs.
A combination of these 3 Renewable Energy measures will first supply all our public and later private energy needs. 

Unless we make efforts to transform our energy production systems to 100% renewable, we may do irreversible damage to our planet.

Earth Hour 2013

How our government can help...

Mae de Deus Church, Saligao.

Switch off 
 
Lead by example! Make sure you switch off lights in your Chief Ministers house, local leaders, and all government office buildings on Saturday, 23rd March from 8:30 - 9:30 PM. Send out communication to ensure all important landmarks in our state switch off for Earth Hour.
Spread the message 
 
Write to all utilities, market associations, schools and other stakeholders informing them about your support to Earth Hour and asking them to spread the message through their mediums.

Join hands
Our teams are present across India, working to spread the message of Earth Hour. Join hands with our local Earth Hour team in your state and jointly organize events and press conferences, appealing to the citizens to participate.

Advertise
Send out a public appeal and advertisement in the leading newspapers of your city, asking citizens to switch off lights for Earth Hour. Put up hoardings in bus shelters and other prominent places in the city about Earth Hour.

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Switch On to Renewable Energy
Contribute towards achieving India’s Renewable Energy targets!

• Adopt policies favorable to production of Renewable Energy to meet the power demands of Goa.
• Direct all government owned buildings and city monuments to adopt renewable energy solutions.
• Adopt Renewable Energy solutions and interlink renewable energy technologies such as waste to energy for all city infrastructures such as solar street lighting.
• Secure finances through the central government to implement renewable energy projects our state. Alternately, you can also secure international funding by generating carbon credits through implementing Renewable Energy projects.

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Light up a monument in Goa using Renewable Energy...begin with Mae de Deus Church, Saligao.

You can send out a strong message of your commitment towards building a sustainable future for your citizens, by organizing an Earth Hour event around an iconic monument in your city, using only Renewable Energy to power and light the venue. As a symbolic show of support, light up part of the monument after the switch off, using Renewable Energy powered products such as solar lanterns, and use this public event to announce a commitment towards adopting measures which would benefit the environment.
Warm regards and solidarity.

The Earth Hour Team in Saligao.