Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) to ask the households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for an hour to raise the awareness towards the need to take action on climate change.
Earth Hour is started in Year 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for an hour to take a stand against climate change. A year later, the Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries/territories participating. Global landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, CN Tower in Toronto, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the Colosseum of Rome, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.
Earth Hour 2011 is on todate, March 26, 2011, Saturday, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at participants' respective local time. So, make sure you turn off the non-essential lights in your house or office in order to safe our Mother Earth. Everyone is welcome to participate and support in this global event, Earth Hour.
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