Earth Hour 2013 is coming up in less than two weeks!!! Everybody needs to get excited. This is not just another tree hugging, hippie event. This event (which only lasts an hour, hence the name) is a really inspiring event. It's organized by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) annually. Earth Hour encourages businesses and residential areas to turn off non essential lights in order to create conserving awareness.
It first originated in Sydney, Australia in 2007. From there it blossomed into a world wide event starting in 2008. In 2009 ninety six countries on six different continents participated. From there numbers only went up. In 2010 126 counties participated and in 2011 135 counties participated on all seven continents.
This year it is held on March 23 from 8:30-9:30. So if you're not to busy enjoying activities during spring break take an hour break of darkness in celebration. This year has high expectation to reach even more countries. In the past Earth Hour has gotten a lot of free publicity on numerous TV and radio shows and even the home pages of Google and YouTube. Not to mention even from celebrities such as Miranda Kerr and Coldplay. Hopefully this continues to raise awareness in different and many more countries and even to influence the behave of citizens around the world! Remember like New Boyz always say: "You look better with the lights off."
Sources: http://www.enn.com/energy/article/45704
http://www.earthhour.org/node/265
I love these events! It's a great way to show awareness to different communities and the pictures are wonderful. I love seeing the before and afters of different places with all of the lights off.
ReplyDeleteWow I never even knew this existed and I wish I would've read this before the day of the event. I think events like this are vital to raise awareness and promote attitude and habit change. This helps people see that other people in their community do care about using less energy and protecting the earth. It would be interesting to see the results of how much energy is saved on this day, if it spans multiple countries it is probably a substantial amount. Thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteI am with you on that one Brynn. I have heard of this event but never knew where it was! It's amazing how much light waste the world produces. (PS I love that song!)
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