Global Warming

Earth Hour: Is It Just About Switching Your Lights Off For an Hour

More than 80 countries, including global landmarks such as the Pyramids of Giza and CN tower, will plunge into a dark abyss between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on March 27. Earth Hour is not just about switching your lights off for an hour to save energy. It is an expression of public concern against global warming [...]

More than 80 countries, including global landmarks such as the Pyramids of Giza and CN tower, will plunge into a dark abyss between 8:30pm and 9:30pm on March 27.

Earth Hour is not just about switching your lights off for an hour to save energy. It is an expression of public concern against global warming and climate change.

Earth Hour has done a lot to raise awareness of climate change issues. But there’s more to it than switching off lights for one hour once a year. It’s all about giving people a voice on the future of our planet and working together to create a sustainable low carbon future for our planet.

Earth Hour 2010 takes place on Saturday 27 March at 8.30pm and is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. It is a call to stand up, to take responsibility, to get occupied and guide the way towards a sustainable future. People across the world from all walks of life will turn off their lights and join together in celebration and thought of the one thing we all have in common – Our Planet.

In 2009 hundreds of millions of people around the world showed their support by turning off their lights for one hour. Earth Hour 2010 will continue to be a global call to action to every individual, every business and every society. A call to stand up, to show leadership and be responsible for our future.
Many cities in the world will go dark during Earth Hour this year. Earth Hour aims to promote electricity conservation to lower carbon emissions by asking households and businesses, including government entities, to switch off lights for one hour.

One hour of turning out the lights for sixty minutes isn’t going to change global warming but it shows businesses and individuals that it can be really simple. If restaurants turn off their lights, individuals will have a place to come in and celebrate the occasion and maybe it will inspire them to make changes later.

As I did last year, I am switching off all my lights for Earth Hour — and I am expecting many millions more do — to convey concern about global warming and the future of our world.