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Earth Hour - 26th March 2022 8:30PM

Earth Hour - 26th March 2022 8:30PM

 

 

Every year on the last Saturday of March, millions of people across the globe show their support for our planet, raising awareness for nature loss and climate change.
Take part this year and switch off your lights between 8:30-9:30pm.

Earth Hour reminds us that even small actions can make a big difference. When we make changes in our own lives to reduce our footprint, we inspire those around us to do the same. And together, we are a powerful global movement that governments and businesses can’t ignore.  

 

 

10 Facts About Earth Hour

 

 

1. It is one of the world’s biggest environmental movements - Earth Hour is one of the world’s biggest movements for nature and climate, organised by WWF and partners across the world – but led by the Earth Hour community. 

 

2. A humble beginning with more than a decade of history - It has been 15 amazing years since Earth Hour began in 2007 as a small grassroots movement in Sydney, Australia.

 

3. It is more about rebuilding connection than just switching off - Earth Hour is the moment when local and global communities unite and switch off their lights to show they care about the future of our planet – our one shared home.

 

4. It is truly a spectacular, global event - Every year, hundreds of millions of people, famous landmarks, local businesses and community groups across the world take part in Earth hour events and activities. 

 

5. Desperate times led to creative solutions - In 2020, Earth hour went fully digital for the first time in the UK. As well as switching off lights, many people connected online by joining digital events and live streams during the hour. 

 

6. Earth Hour is helping to tackle deforestation - The world’s first ‘Earth Hour Forest’ was launched by WWF Uganda, in East Africa as part of their Earth Hour 2013 campaign to restore 2,700 hectares of degraded land. 

 

7. Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-man got a bit more environmentally-friendly - Spider-Man is the first superhero to become a global ambassador for Earth Hour in 2014, bringing much-needed attention and global outreach for the Earth Hour movement. 

 

8. Earth Hour made it to space - In 2015, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti joined the Earth Hour movement from space by holding a sign ‘Change Climate Change’ floating inside the International Space Station.

 

9. It led to a brilliant green innovation for charging phones - There are ‘solar trees’ set up across Shanghai for Earth Hour, which allows the public to charge their mobile devices with renewable green energy. 

 

10. Earth Hour is happening this month - At 8:30-9:30 pm local time on Saturday 26 March 2022, millions of homes across the UK and the world will switch off their lights to show they care about the future of our planet.
Source: WWF

 

 

We all need nature. And nature needs us to stand up for it every day. By 2030, nature and wildlife could be recovering all around us. Our leaders have promised to put nature at the heart of climate action, to secure a safer future for all of us. Now we must make sure they deliver on their promise.

 

 

Everyone has a part to play – and it starts with a single switch. 26th March 8:30pm.

Get in touch on social and let us know who is joining in and switching off tonight? 💡


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For more information check out:
https://www.wwf.org.uk/earth-hour
For 7 Ways To Spend Earth Hour check out:
https://www.earthhour.org/take-part/spend-the-hour


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