Earth Hour started three years ago in Sydney, Australia and is now the largest event of its kind in the world. Nearly one billion people from 4,100 cities in 87 countries on seven continents participated last year and, with your help, Earth Hour 2010 can be even bigger.
During Earth Hour, international landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge, Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower and Great Pyramids have gone dark alongside the city skylines of Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv and more.
But Earth Hour isn’t just for national landmarks and big cities—anyone can participate, whether it be individuals like you and me or schools, businesses, organizations, and our state and local governments. I hope you will join this amazing event and help send a message that the time for action on climate change is now. To sign up and start spreading the word, visit EarthHour.org.
Let’s switch off our lightsand send a powerful message: by working together, each of us can make a positive impact in the fight against climate change.
On Saturday, March 27, 2010, at 8:30 p.m. local time, I am taking part in Earth Hour—an event led by World Wildlife Fund in which millions of people around the world will unite by turning out their lights for one hour to make a bold statement of concern about our planet and climate change.
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Earth Hour has done a lot to raise awareness of sustainability issues. But there’s more to it than switching off lights for one hour once a year. It’s all about giving people a voice and working together to create a better future for our planet.
Yes today pollution is the biggest problem because it is root cause of Global Warming. Another big issue is climate change due to air pollution. We should create awareness among the people to less pollute and move towards green resources to save our planet. We should use natural resources, reduce waste generation, recycling waste material, pollute less as we can. By this way we can sustain our earth for future generation. According to me Reduce-Reuse-Recycling these three ‘R’s can save our planet.
Saving energy can be painless with a few simple steps that also reduce monthly bills and help the environment. Use of compact fluorescent lights bulb will keep half a ton of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.