What is Earth Hour ? Earth Hour is a worldwide grassroots movement uniting people to protect the planet, and is organized by WWF. Engaging a massive mainstream community on a broad range of environmental issues, Earth Hour was famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in Since then it has grown to engage more than 7000 cities and towns worldwide, and the one-hour event continues to remain the key driver of the now larger movement.

Whose idea was Earth Hour? Earth Hour came from Earth Hour CEO and Co-Founder, Andy Ridley, resulting in the formation of a partnership between WWF Australia, Leo Burnett and Fairfax Media to address the climate change issue.

When does Earth Hour take place? Earth Hour 2015 will be held on Saturday 28 March between 8.30PM and 9.30PM in your local time zone. The event is held worldwide towards the end of March annually, encouraging individuals, communities households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their commitment to the planet.

What does Earth Hour aim to achieve? Earth Hour aims to encourage an interconnected global community to share the opp ortunities and challenges of creating a sustainable world.

What does Earth Hour ask people to do? Turn off their lights. Our full ambition is for people to take action beyond the hour The vision is always to do more, so make the light switch the beginning of your journey.

How long has Earth Hour been going for? The first Earth Hour event was on March WWF-Australia inspired Sydney people to show their support for climate change action. More than 2.2 million individuals and 2,000 businesses turned their lights out for one hour in the first Earth Hour event.

What exactly has Earth Hour achieved before launching Earth Hour? WWF Uganda started the world’s first Earth Hour Forest More than 250,000 Russians voiced support for better protection of their country’s seas and forests Thousands of wood-saving stoves were distributed to families in Madagascar

Solar-powered lights were installed in three villages without electricity in India Hundreds of thousands of LED lights were installed by girl scouts in the USA More than 2123 mitigation actions submitted by Earth Hour, City Challenge 2014 participating cities

Isn't switching the lights off dangerous? What about public safety?

What lights can be safely switched off? Overhead lights in rooms Outdoor lighting that does not impact safety Decorative lights Neon signs for advertising Televisions Desk lamps, the list goes on and on.

People to use common sense before you turn off a ny lights for public spaces In your own home, use common sense with respect to safety

Earth Hour 2013 took place in more than 7001 cities and towns in 154 countries and territories across all seven continents. Hundreds of millions of people switched their lights off for an hour. The campaign experienced its biggest growth in There were around 3395 landmarks participated.

Who can participate?

Hundreds of Famous Buildings are Switched off their Lights to Show there Support

What does the Earth Hour logo mean? The standard Earth Hour '60' logo represents the 60 minutes of Earth Hour where we focus on the impact we are having on our planet and take positive action to address the environmental issues we face.

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