Oak Bay News - Earth Hour not about energy savings, WWF says

"We have fabulous participation across the country," said Jo Anne Walton, communications director with WWF Canada, the body that organizes Earth Hour. "We have over ... 50 per cent participation. The thing is, there's probably a lot more because it's not all tracked. That's the success of this movement."

Despite WWF's assertion that participation is high, the energy savings numbers haven't shown Earth Hour results make a drastic change.

Provincially, energy consumption dipped 1.04 per cent during Earth Hour 2010 – in Victoria, consumption was reduced by 1.4 per cent, according to B.C. Hydro.