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Join us for Earth Hour at 8:30pm March 26 2011! |
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About EarthHour..
It’s as simple as a flick of the switch.
What began as a campaign to get Sydneysiders to turn their lights off, has grown to become one of the world’s biggest climate change initiatives. In 2011, at 8.30pm on March 26, people around the world will turn their lights for one hour – Earth Hour. We’re aiming to reach two billion people, more than 1000 cities, all joining together in a global effort to show that its possible to take action on global warming.
Earth Hour started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia with 2.2 million homes and businesses turning their lights off for one hour. Only a year later and this event had become a global sustainability movement with up to 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.
Earth Hour 2011 is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community. A call to stand up, to take responsibility and to get involved in working towards a sustainable future. Iconic buildings and landmarks from Europe to The Americas will stand in darkness. People across the world will turn off their lights and join together in creating the vital conversation about the future of our precious planet.
Over 64 countries and territories are participating in Earth Hour 2011. This number grows every day as people realise how such a simple act, can have such a profound result in affecting change.
Earth Hour is a message of hope and a message of action. Everyone can make a difference.
Join us for Earth Hour 2011, turn off your lights at 8.30pm 26 March and sign-up here at earthhour.us
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In 2007, 2.2 million people took part in the world's first Earth Hour in Sydney Australia.
Just three years later, 50 million people in 370 cities and towns, in more than 35 countries worldwide switched off their lights for Earth Hour.
Earth Hour 2011 aims to reach more than two billion people in 1000 cities around the world, inviting communities, business and governments to switch off lights for one hour at 8:30pm on March 26 2011, sending a powerful global message that we care enough about climate change to take action.
Join us for Earth Hour 2011 on March 26 at 8.30PM! Find out more about Earth Hour
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