Hello March

March is in many ways a month ‘in-between’. We have finished with all the holidays and Valentine’s, but we are not into mid-term breaks. March is just a lot of work.

However, we try to provide a bit of perspective on this:

International Women’s day is in March (our national one is in August). Just to celebrate that, we look at (from Wiki):

Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week (WOAW) is a global aviation awareness week for girls of all ages observed to mark the anniversary of the world’s first female pilot licence (March 8, 1910). The week is a call to address gender imbalance in the air and space industry. It is not country or group specific.

Since March 2010, Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week’s activities have been organized in 52 countries on 5 continents. 420,000 women and girls attended the Week’s local handson activities. 69,768 women and girls experienced their first flight in a small aircraft in response to the Week’s Fly It Forward call to action.

WOAW organizes multiple challenges and contests during the week. The best known challenge, Fly It Forward®, rewards top performers with awards including “Most Female Friendly Airport Worldwide”, “Most Female Friendly Community Worldwide”, “Most Female Friendly Corporation Worldwide”, “Most Dedicated Female Pilot Worldwide”, and “Most Supportive Male Pilot Worldwide”.

Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The event is held annually, encouraging individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off non-essential electric lights, for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on the last Saturday of March, as a symbol of commitment to the planet. It was started as a lightsoff event in Sydney, Australia, in 2007.

The Earth Hour Global FAQ page states: Earth Hour does not purport to be an energy/carbon reduction exercise, it is a symbolic action. Therefore, we do not engage in the measurement of energy/carbon reduction levels for the hour itself.

Earth Hour is an initiative to encourage individuals, businesses and governments around the world to take accountability for their ecological footprint and engage in dialogue and resource exchange that provides real solutions to our environmental challenges. Participation in Earth Hour symbolizes a commitment to change beyond the hour

It is about awareness and commitment.