Earth Hour 2010

March 22nd, 2010 BY dalgal | 1 Comment

Only four more days until Earth Hour 2010. Are you signed up to take part? No idea what Earth Hour is all about? Read on… Since it’s conception in 2007 people have been setting aside time where they turned off their lights for one hour to show concern for climate change. Each year from 8.30pm local time, millions of homes, companies, organizations and governments do the switching off, which cascades around the globe as the hour passes through each time zone. Since it’s conception Earth Hour has grown in leaps and bounds with more and more cities, companies and countries taking part each year

Last year, 80 million Americans and 318 U.S.
cities officially voted for action with their light switch,
joining iconic landmarks from around the world that went dark for Earth
Hour, including:

Empire State Building
Brooklyn Bridge
Broadway Theater Marquees
Las Vegas Strip
United Nations Headquarters
Golden Gate Bridge
Seattle’s Space Needle
Church of Latter-Day Saints Temple
Gateway Arch in St. Louis
Great Pyramids of Giza
Acropolis and Parthenon in Athens
Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro
St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City
Big Ben and Houses of Parliament in London
Elysee Palace and Eiffel Tower in Paris
Beijing’s Birds Nest and Water Cube
Symphony of Lights in Hong Kong
Sydney’s Opera House

This year a record breaking 117 countries are taking part! The Earth Hour movement doesn’t have an claims on their website to show the energy being saved worldwide for this one hour “lights off” campaign, they state that

Earth Hour does not purport to be an energy/carbon reduction exercise.
It is an
initiative to encourage individuals, businesses
and governments to take accountability
for their carbon footprint and show leadership
in climate solutions.

To take part in Earth Hour all you need do is simply turn off your lights during 8.30-9.30pm on Saturday 27th March 2010. You can sign up on their Earth Hour website to pledge your support and see what other activities and events are happening in your state, and to see if your state government are signed up.

Show your support by switching off your lights this Saturday at 8.30pm and spreading the word! Whether you spread the word via mouth, email, or social media let’s get more people signing up and switching off this Saturday to make this the best year yet!