*Earth Hour is a worldwide movement for the planet organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Earth Hour engages a massive mainstream community on a broad range of environmental issues. It was famously started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Since then it has grown to engage more than 7000 cities and towns worldwide, and the one-hour event continues to remain the key driver of the now larger movement. The event is held worldwide and held towards the end of March annually, encouraging individuals, communities households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their commitment to the planet.[1] Earth Hour 2013 was celebrated on March 23, 2013. Earth Hour 2014 is scheduled for Saturday, March 29, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. during participants local time.[2] TV channels Earth Hour was covered extensively in the United States with segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, CNN International, The Weather Channel and more. Several stations around the United States went live with their coverage, including Atlanta NBC station WXIA-TV, who did an hourlong Earth Hour special during the event.[34] Canadas The Weather Network moved its studios outside between 8 and 9 p.m. EDT for Earth Hour, using only an LED light for the hour.[35] The Agenda with Steve Paikin on TVOntario ran its full program running only on candlelight.[36] *Songs about Earth Hour [Earth Hour by Dash Berlin.] WWF Earth Hour Anthem When the lights go down by Andrew Huang Better Day performed at the first Earth Hour celebration in Sydney by Mitch Butler 2013 Austrian Earth Hour Song Earth Is Crying - Dry Her Tears Philippines Earth Hour Song If we try written by Reev Robledo, performed by Percival & Ninna Juan-del Mundo Turn out the Lights by Australian artist, Elektra Vine *Sydney Harbour Bridge were darkened during Earth Hour 2007. *Overview of Sydney during Earth Hour 2008 *Colosseum darkened for Earth Hour 2008 *Auditorio de Tenerife darkened for Earth Hour *The Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand, switched off its usual floodlighting during the Earth Hour, and re-lit afterwards. (the red lights in the middle image are aircraft warning lights) *A web screenshot of Google Canadas darkened homepage on 29 March 2008 *A picture of 1600 pandas (made in Thailand by the World Wide Fund for Nature) exposed in Boulogne-Billancourt (France) on the occasion of Earth Hour
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