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India to
switch off lights at Earth Hour
As the
clock strikes 8.30 p.m. March 26, the night lights will go off
across India for an hour when the country, along with over 126
nations, will observe Earth Hour, a global movement against
climate change.
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Moscow:
Over 4,000 cities - including New Delhi and Mumbai - from 131
countries will turn off their lights during the global Earth Hour
event Saturday, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said Friday.
Earth Hour is organised annually on the last Saturday of March by
the WWF.
"Earth Hour is your chance to vote for Earth by shutting down your
lights between 8.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. your local time," the WWF
website read.
The origin of the campaign can be traced back to Australia in 2007
when businesses and residents in Sydney turned off their lights for
one hour to make a statement about energy use and global warming.
Moscow, Geneva, Budapest, Berlin, Rome, Barcelona, Helsinki, Oslo,
Madrid, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Vienna are some European cities
that will turn off in the name of sustainability all non-essential
lights.
In Asia, cities like Bangkok, Singapore, Mumbai, Ho Chi Minh City,
Hong Kong, Seoul, New Delhi, Auckland and Shanghai will support the
WWF initiative.
In North America, Toronto, Vancouver, New York and Chicago are among
those that will go dark. In the South, cities including Rio de
Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Valparaiso will take
part.
Even the Davis research station in Antarctica will turn off its
lights.
"This year Earth Hour asks people to commit to the event, big or
small, for the coming year, taking Earth Hour beyond the hour," said
Andy Ridley, co-founder and executive director of Earth Hour.
Cities participating in the global initiative will not just switch
off their electricity, but will also plant greenery and install LED
street lamps.
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