The first Earth Hour took place in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. It was organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to raise awareness about climate change and encourage people to take action to reduce their environmental impact.
The first country to observe Earth Hour was Australia in 2007. Earth Hour was started by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) as a way to raise awareness about climate change.
The first Earth Hour in Fredericton, NB, was held on March 28, 2009. Earth Hour is a global movement encouraging individuals, businesses, and communities to turn off non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change.
Earth Hour started in Australia in 2007 as a symbolic event to raise awareness about climate change and the need for action.
Earth Hour was first commemorated in Sydney, Australia in 2007. It was organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) as a way to raise awareness about climate change and the need for sustainable action.
The first Earth Hour took place in Sydney, Australia, on 31 March 2007 from 7:30 to 8:30pm.It was an idea developed by the WWF in conjunction with the Leo Burnett Sydney advertising agency as early as 2004/2005, and backed by newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald. For that first ever Earth hour, 2.2 million homes and businesses in the Sydney area switched off their lights for the period of one hour.In one year Earth Hour grew from an event in one city to a global movement. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe turned out for Earth Hour. In 2009, Earth Hour took place across 25 time zones in over 4,000 cities and towns, in 88 countries. By 2010, 128 countries had joined the movement.
The first country to observe Earth Hour was Australia in 2007. Earth Hour was started by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) as a way to raise awareness about climate change.
The first Earth Hour in Fredericton, NB, was held on March 28, 2009. Earth Hour is a global movement encouraging individuals, businesses, and communities to turn off non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change.
The first Earth Hour took place in Sydney, Australia. The second Earth Hour took place in New York City, in the USA. There are as many as 38 countries participating today.
Earth Hour started in Australia in 2007 as a symbolic event to raise awareness about climate change and the need for action.
No-one "discovered" Earth Hour. The first Earth Hour took place in Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, in 2007. It was an idea developed by newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund). For that first ever Earth hour, 2.2 million homes and businesses in the Sydney area switched off their lights for the period of one hour.
The first Earth Hour, which occurred on 31 March 2007 in Sydney, originated from an idea developed by newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald and WWF. It was a symbolic statement intended to raise people's awareness of how we use electricity - sometimes unnecessarily. For that first ever Earth hour, 2.2 million homes and businesses in the Sydney area switched off their lights for the period of one hour
Earth Hour was first commemorated in Sydney, Australia in 2007. It was organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) as a way to raise awareness about climate change and the need for sustainable action.
The first Earth Hour took place in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. It was an idea developed by newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald and WWF. From those humble beginnings, Earth Hour has grown into a worldwide movement that is essentially driven by the WWF.
Earth Hour was created in 2007.
The first Earth Hour took place in Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, in 2007. It was an idea developed by newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund). For that first ever Earth hour, 2.2 million homes and businesses in the Sydney area switched off their lights for the period of one hour.
The purpose of Earth Hour is to switch off your lights for one hour to save electricity more than you ever would have. The light source most people is the use of candles. Earth hour first started in Sydney 2007. But now, in 2012, more than 135 countries will be participating.
I took part in earth hour and hope it saved the earth did you take part????