Earth Hour

Also known as AEE

annual environmental event

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Earth Hour is an annual environmental event where people around the world turn off their lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness about climate change and the need for environmental action. The event aims to demonstrate global solidarity on environmental issues and encourage individuals and organizations to take steps toward sustainability.

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Named after: Earth
Main subject: global warming
Duration: 10
Official website: www.earthhour.org
Image: Earth hour day 2011 (5561179191).jpg
Organizer: WWF International

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inception: 2007-03-31
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change
Commons category: Earth hour
social media followers: 92300
event interval: 3
day of week: Monday
month of the year: March
hashtag: EarthHour
location of formation: Sydney

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Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The event is held annually, encouraging the individuals, communities, and businesses to give an hour for Earth, and additionally marked by landmarks and businesses switching off non-essential electric lights, for one hour from 8:30 to 9:30p.m., usually on the last Saturday of March, as a symbol of commitment to the planet. It was started as a lights-off event in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 2007.

Occasionally, in years when Holy Saturday falls on the last Saturday of March (as in 2024), Earth Hour is held a week earlier.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Earth Hour” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Earth Hour

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