Earth Hour

Tonight from 8:30 till 9:30 pm it is earth hour.
This means not using electricity for one hour.
I think thats do able ppl.
Let the earth breathe and have a break.
I'm planning on cooking late for the family so that we can eat at that time in candlelight under the stars.

These r some facts I found out:

•Earth Hour is celebrated on last Saturday of March every year for one hour in the evening starting from 8:30pm to 9:30 pm as per the local time zone


•The event is organized by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). It is also renowned as World Wildlife Fund

•Participants are asked to turn off their unessential lights during the event

•In 2007, WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald first conceptualized the Earth Hour. About 2.2 million people took part in the event

•Earth Hour 2011 will be held on 26 March 2011

•Earth Hour 2010 has been the biggest Earth Hour till date

•Total 128 countries took part in the event in 2010

•The energy demand minimized to 500,000 kilowatt per hour in Vietnam while the country took part in Earth Hour Event in 2010. The amount was three times more than the demand in 2009 when it joined the event for first time

•Around 4000 cities took part in the event.

Some of the landmarks those participated in the event are:



•Big Ben, London

•The Empire State Building, New York

•The Sydney Opera House, Sydney

•The Eiffel Tower, Paris

•The Parthenon, Greece

•The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin

•The Forbidden City, Beijing

•Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur

•Great Pyramids of Giza, Egypt

Famous personalities and organizations that are supporting the Earth Hour message and work as Earth Hour ambassadors are:



•Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Prize laureate from South Africa,

•Helen Clark, Former New Zealand Prime Minister and the head of UNDP

•Valdas Adamkus, former President of Lithuania

•Nguyễn Minh Triết, President of Vietnam

•Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

•Tom Brady, NFL Football Player

•Gisele Bündchen, international supermodel

•Steve Nash, NBA basketball player

•Leona Lewis, International pop star

•The Cranberries, Irish rock band

•Andox and Box, two popular cartoon characters on Hong Kong television

•Melanie Chisholm, former member of the Spice Girls

•Li Yuchun, Chinese singer

•Abhishek Bachchan, Film actor, India

A number of multinational companies have supported the Earth Hour. The companies include:



• Coca-Cola Enterprises

•Wells Fargo

•Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd (IKEA)

• Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)

• PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

• Accenture

• Nokia Siemens Networks.




What will u be doing for Earth Hour tonight?
 
Love ya