22.04.08 'Turn Off Week': a week without TV?

The one thing we all know that 15 year-olds like to do is watch television, but a Climate Change Champion from Skewen near Neath in Wales has broken the stereotype and is trying to get his family to turn off the TV for a whole week.

Adam Amor was awarded the Young Climate Champion by the Assembly Government. It’s an award that was set up in 2007 and intends to turn environmental issues into a competition to try and make people more excited and encouraged to help save the planet. Adam was one of six young teens who won the award and will be helping the local councils come up with relevant and exciting initiatives for tackling climate change.

The week beginning the 21st April is being called ‘Turn Off TV’ week and in a strange role reversal, Adam has persuaded his own family and a number of others in his local area to spend the week without the box on. He is now looking to branch out and recruit more families in the Rhondda area.

Adam wants people to spend a week discovering new ways to entertain themselves that don’t involve electricity being eaten up all day and night. Switching from ‘standby’ to ‘off’ is one of the things Adam is making people more aware of in his campaign. He’s a little voice but one that’s more likely to be heard as it’s unique for a person so young to be so willing to give up TV for the sake of the planet. Let’s hope it switches on the minds of the rest of the UK.

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