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priscilla 1Earth Hour 2009
April 24th 2009 06:20
Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Earth hour was conceived by WWF and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights. Following Sydney's lead, many other cities around the world have adopted the event.
The images below are from a stunning collection at Boston.com which you can view here.
The Bund on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China before and during Earth Hour on March 28, 2009.
The Sydney Opera House taken before and during Earth Hour in Sydney, Australia
The Eiffel Tower before and during Earth Hour in Paris.
Lights on the Las Vegas Strip are viewed looking northbound from the Mandalay Bay Resort during "Earth Hour" in Las Vegas, Nevada March 28, 2009
The images below are from a stunning collection at Boston.com which you can view here.
The Bund on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China before and during Earth Hour on March 28, 2009.
The Eiffel Tower before and during Earth Hour in Paris.
Lights on the Las Vegas Strip are viewed looking northbound from the Mandalay Bay Resort during "Earth Hour" in Las Vegas, Nevada March 28, 2009
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