Last March 26, 2011 at 8:30 PM the world switches off their light in participation and support for the “Earth Hour”
Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth Hour was conceived by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights. Following Sydney's lead, many other cities around the world adopted the event in 2008. Earth Hour 2011 took place on March 26, 2011 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., at participants' local time.
Hopefully the true meaning of the earth hour was spread across nations. Earth hour is not just turning off your lights for an hour and that’s it. The true meaning is going beyond that 60 minutes and to conserve electricity always and support renewable energy sources like solar PV panels, hydro power plants and wind energy
Sydney, Australia
Bangalore, India
Tokyo, Japan
San Francisco, USA
Almost 170 countries participated in all 7 continents making it one of the most successful Earth Hour to date.
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