Earth Hour on Saturday
Posted Mar 27, 2012 11:22:55 AM.
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Earth Hour will be marked around the world Saturday from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time.
During the hour, the world turns off their lights in support of climate change action.
This year, Earth Hour launched “I Will If You Will” on YouTube, in which people can share how they’re going to save the planet.
Earth Hour was started by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Australia in 2007. In that one year, more than 2.2 million people and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights off for one hour. Canada and the rest of the world joined in 2008.
In 2011, 135 different countries and more than 5,200 cities participated in Earth Hour. In Canada, 43 per cent of people had turned off their lights — almost 15 million people across 427 cities.
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