On Saturday 27th March, hundreds of millions of people all over the world will switch off their lights for 1 hour calling for action on climate change.
One year on, Earth Hour 2010, once again headed by the WWF, has the support of a huge number of people, schools, organisations, companies, NGOs, governments…, who with a simple gesture wish to demonstrate their concern for climate change and send a message demanding immediate action, an ambitious world climate agreement that is fair and binding, and which will reduce our contaminating emissions into the atmosphere.
It will be the single biggest call for action ever organised. The aim is to involve more than a thousand million people and mobilize 6,000 cities worldwide to demonstrate global support for action against climate change.
A gesture, a symbol; a thousand million gestures, a global pro-climate action, part of the message that will be broadcast.
The more darkness we all manage to create the greater the impact. Emblematic buildings in countries across every continent will fall into total darkness for 1 hour. The blackout will begin in New Zealand at 6.45 Spanish time and will conclude in Hawaii, having spread through 25 different time zones across the length and breadth of the Planet. In Europe, we will switch off the lights between 20.30 and 21.30.
More than 2,000 cities in 110 countries have already signed up - figures which herald an even bigger success than last year’s event. In 2009, buildings like the Alhambra in Granada, the Cibeles Fountain and the Guggenheim Museum in Spain, and in other countries - Brooklyn Bridge in New York, the Pyramids in Giza, the Acropolis in Athens, St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Big Ben in London, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Water Bucket in Beijing and A Symphony of Lights in Hong Kong will all have their lights switched off for 1 hour.
Schools are especially encouraged to join in the campaign by means of a form and a letter of support.
On Saturday 27th March, hundreds of millions of people all over the world will switch off their lights for 1 hour calling for action on climate change.
