On Saturday March 26th at 20:30,
.... count on your participation to turn off the light and the great feast of Planet.
This year, we want to be a lot more and show what we can achieve together, sending a clear message to governments to support climate deal definitively that the planet needs.
Earth Hour (LHP / Earth Hour) is the largest campaign worldwide in the fight against climate change and is promoted by WWF, the global conservation organization.
is a public awareness initiative, which seeks the participation of cities, mainly corporations and individuals to turn off their nonessential lights and electrical appliances for one hour dispensable. This great event, which began four years ago in Sydney, Australia, has become commoditized to the point that the last version in March 2010, drew the participation of one billion people in over 4,500 cities in 128 countries. During Earth Hour 2010 is turned off famous monuments like the Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, in London, the Empire State of New York, the Alhambra in Granada, the Lost City in Beijing, the Puerta de Alcalá, Madrid, Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, or the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai in Dubai.
In 2009 Chile joined for the first time this major global initiative, which was sponsored by WWF Chile at various levels, adding to public and private actors, as well as civil society, together with partners and volunteers Santiago and Valdivia.
Your support was key to the success of the event, achieved in the capital off buildings such as La Moneda and Torre ENTEL.
In 2010, the devastating earthquake and tsunami that affected much of the country made the national campaign had much less massive in nature, focused mainly on household and personal reflection. Thus, there was called to turn off lights iconic sites.
This year Earth Hour will be held Saturday March 26 between 8:30 and 9:30 pm. As WWF Chile, we hope to exceed all previously done with a larger event that includes all regions of the country with the icons off of buildings and premises, and encourage all Chileans to join also this symbolic gesture.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world will participate and you too can join and make the change.
Earth Hour 2011 has a special seal, and will invite people companies and governments around the world, apart from the symbolic act of turning off lights, to commit themselves to a permanent actions to help preserve the environment.
So, join Earth Hour 2011 involves:
• Turn off non-essential lights between 20.30 and 21.30 hours on Saturday 26 March.
• Register and share the stories of actions that benefit the planet on the website earthhour.org
• Keep these actions beyond the sixty minutes that lasts for Earth Hour, making everyday practices .
As stated Andy Ridley, co-founder and executive director of the global campaign, "the rapid growth of Earth Hour, along of these four years has shown that hundreds of millions of people want to do more to protect your planet. "
So, is available in English Hour Beyond the platform that allows participants to share stories of what they are doing or plan to do to make a real difference in your environment all year round.
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