Will You Switch Off For Earth Hour on March 29th?
In 2007 Earth Hour took place in Sydney - hundreds of homes and businesses switched off their lights in a symbolic gesture to highlight the issue of climate change. In 2008 Earth Hour is going global. Major cities across the world on March 29th at 8pm local time will switch off their lights for one hour to promote energy saving and a united global effort to fight climate change. However, a quick look at the cities taking part (YouTube) suggests that the event isn’t that appealing.
Only 24 cities in Denmark, Australia, USA, Thailand, Philippines, Israel, New Zealand, Fiji, Ireland and Canada are signed up as official partners and whilst the official site Earth Hour claims nearly 200,000 people have signed up - it does seem quite a poor response to the event?
If Dublin is taking part why not London?
The good news is that some UK towns and cities are involved including Bournemouth, Brighton, Hove and Southampton. The event is supported by The WWF.
However all action, no matter how small, is positive, but Fight Climate Change wonders why the event hasn’t been embraced worldwide? Perhaps it’s because very little national media attention given to Earth Hour or perhaps people just don’t believe that sitting in the dark or by candle light for an hour will have any significant impact on the world’s climate?
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