Earth Hour is an
annual worldwide event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). It encourages households and
businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness about the climate change and the need to take
action on it.
The first Earth Hour was held in Sydney Australia on March
31, 2007. Over two million people and 2,100 businesses participated, and plans
were developed to make Earth Hour a national event in Australia. International
interest was also high and cities began signing up to the next Earth Hour
campaign.
Earth Hour 2008 was held internationally on
March 29, 2008, marking the first anniversary of the event. Earth Hour 2008 was
celebrated on all seven continents in 35 countries. Landmarks all around the
world turned off their non-essential lighting. A Zogby International online
survey showed that there was a 4-percentage point increase in awareness of
environmental issues after the event.
Earth Hour was held in Finland for
the first time as a national event in 2009. 105 communes and hundreds of
organizations participated, and according to a survey made by the WWF 51
percent of Finns switched off their lights. The event saved approximately 100
megawatt-hours of energy.
Earth Hour 2013 was celebrated on March 23, 2013.
Earth hour 2014 is scheduled for Saturday, March 29, from 8:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m. during participants' local time.
I think Earth Hour is a great way to both reduce power
consumption for a while and raise awareness about the climate change. In fact,
I don’t think it would hurt to organize the event even more often: maybe twice
a year, for example.
Very good topic! I agree with you and I think Earth hour is a very easy way to do something good. I also agree that Earth hour could be organized more often. It is nice to see that people really care about our world and they turn off their lights. Every one wants to be a part of charity!
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more. It's a very easy way for everyone to do something eco-friendly. And it's true that it's so easy that it could be held more often. It also gives you the feeling that all the people are in this together. I bet that it looks unbelievable in bigger cities when you look outside your window and the whole city is completely dark.
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