Earth Hour Campaign

What is Earth Hour?
It is the biggest environmental awareness campaign ever seen!



When is it?
Earth Hour takes place once every year, the last Saturday of March. This year it will be saturday 26th from 8.30 to 9.30 PM local time.

What's the aim?
To raise environmental awareness and get us do small things in our daily lives that together can have huge impacts: in other words, to go beyond the hour.

What does it involve?
Simply turning off your lights for 1 hour. Earth's hour.




Beyond the Hour
Earth Hour 2011 will go beyond the hour and beyond climate change, marking a moment where every individual, government and business can make their commitment to environmentally sustainable action for the forthcoming year. Homes, offices, government buildings and iconic landmarks will go dark to acknowledge the actions of people from all corners of the globe that go beyond the hour.


HISTORY ->

Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change.



In 2008 Earth Hour became a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries participating.

Global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Rome's Colosseum and the Coca Cola billboard in Times Square, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour.



In March 2009, hundreds of millions of people took part in the third Earth Hour.

Over 4000 cities in 88 countries officially switched-off to pledge their support for the planet, making Earth Hour 2009 the world's largest global climate change initiative.



In 2010, Earth Hour was held on Saturday March 27 at 8.30pm-9.30pm and succeeded in being a global call to action to stand up, to take responsibility, and lead the global journey to a sustainable future. A record 128 countries and territories took part and iconic buildings and landmarks from Asia Pacific to Europe and Africa to the Americas stood in darkness.



EACH ONE OF US CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE !