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Posts Tagged ‘Earth Hour’
Business, Climate & Change, Weird & Wonderful, Mar 28th, 2010,
As I write this, Earth Hour has come and gone for the Eastern US coast. I can’t speak for others in my community, or anyone else along the eastern seaboard, but we did indeed plunge ourselves into total electrical darkness. We simply played cards by candlelight, as we did last year. How did the rest of the world fare? Well… • 125 countries joined the campaign this year—a record for Earth Hour • 4,000 cities (at least) plunged into darkness • 5,664,496 people made the pledge to switch off their lights Along with all of that, quite a few landmarks,…
Tags: climate change, Earth Hour, environment, the world goes dark, turn off the lights, world monuments and landmarks go dark, WWF
Business, Climate & Change, Nature, Mar 21st, 2010,
In one week, people around the globe will be plunging themselves into total darkness to celebrate Earth Hour. Earth Hour is one of the WWF’s global initiatives. It’s also the largest climate change event in history. Last year’s event had over 4,000 cities around the globe participating—including 80 million people from the US alone! Even extremely well-known landmarks and tourist destinations have gone completely dark for this big event, including: The Golden Gate Bridge, The Great Pyramids of Giza, Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Sydney’s Opera House, The Eiffel Tower, and even the Las Vegas Strip! Still not…
Tags: 60 minutes, 8:30 pm, climate change, Earth Hour, event, lights off, March 27th, world plunges into darkness, WWF
Climate & Change, Jan 25th, 2010,
Set your calendar aside for March 27th because another big climate change event is planned for that night. Earth Hour is set to return for another year, as millions of people across the globe switch off their lights for one hour in an annual campaign held to show the effects of climate change. At least 250 cities have already signed up for the event this year. Last year’s Earth Hour included international landmarks, such as the Las Vegas Strip, Sydney’s Opera House, and London’s Big Ben and Houses of Parliament going pitch black for the event. The campaign started in…
Tags: climate change, Earth Hour, global, international landmarks, lights off, March 27, Sydney, turn off your lights, WWF-Australia
