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Youth Inspiring People to Save the Planet through Earth Hour
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 11:37 am | Earth Hour
“The future belongs to those who prepare for it today,” said Malcolm X. No statement better exemplifies the actions of the kids, teenagers and young adults across the globe who are inspiring their communities to take part in Earth Hour in 2013. Their ... More >>
World’s Youth Are Inspiring People To Save The Planet
Tuesday, 19 March 2013, 10:45 am | Earth Hour
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World’s Youth Are Inspiring People To Save The Planet Through Earth Hour Kids, Teenagers and Young Adults Lead the Way to a Sustainable Future MARCH 18 2013, SINGAPORE: “The future belongs to those who prepare for it today,” ... More >>
Uganda unveils the world's first Earth Hour forest
Saturday, 16 February 2013, 12:19 pm | Earth Hour
Preparations across the globe kick off for Earth Hour 2013 with the creation of the world's first Earth Hour Forest in the East African nation of Uganda, to fight against the 6,000 hectares of deforestation that occurs in the country every month. More >>
Uganda Unveils The World’s First Earth Hour Forest
Friday, 15 February 2013, 4:09 pm | Earth Hour
Uganda Unveils The World’s First Earth Hour Forest WWF Uganda Secures 2700 Hectares for Reforestation, Challenges Ugandans to Fill It with 500,000 Trees 14 FEBRUARY 2013, KAMPALA UGANDA/SINGAPORE: Preparations across the globe kick off for Earth ... More >>
Nelson Mandela tweets his support as Earth Hour sweeps Asia
Sunday, 1 April 2012, 9:03 am | Earth Hour
SYDNEY: As the largest ever Earth Hour wraps up across Asia, Nelson Mandela has taken to Twitter to express his support for the cause to unite the world to protect the planet. More >>
Record Earth Hour Participation with One Day to Go
Friday, 30 March 2012, 2:59 pm | Earth Hour
With one day to go until the biggest ever Earth Hour, a record 147 countries and territories are preparing to send a united message that now is the time to take action for the planet. More >>
Earth Hour: 31 March 2012 at 8.30pm
Wednesday, 28 March 2012, 1:26 pm | Earth Hour
The world’s largest voluntary action for the environment, Earth Hour will take place across the globe this Saturday 31 March, as the lights switch off for one hour at 8.30pm local time. More >>
The Stars Come Out for Earth Hour
Friday, 23 March 2012, 11:57 am | Earth Hour
Supermodel Miranda Kerr’s Earth Hour challenge has been accepted and celebrities all around the world are now making their own “I Will If You Will” challenges to inspire people to take much needed action for the environment. More >>
NZ Gets Ready To Celebrate Earth Hour 2012
Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 12:01 pm | Earth Hour
NZ Gets Ready To Celebrate Earth Hour 2012 New Zealand will be one of the first countries to celebrate Earth Hour this year, as the ‘lights out for the planet’ environmental movement sweeps westward around the globe. 8.30pm - 9.30pm on Saturday ... More >>
Earth Hour Reaches Space to Swaziland
Thursday, 15 March 2012, 12:14 pm | Earth Hour
As our planet faces some of the most critical challenges in history and our journey towards sustainability slows, Earth Hour is going from space to Swaziland to spread the message that we desperately need to take action for the environment. More >>
Earth Hour 2012 - One Month To Go
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 5:03 pm | Earth Hour
From Times Square to the Sydney Opera House, Brunei to Lithuania, the tallest building on the planet to an Inuit igloo, the world will once again celebrate the largest voluntary action for the environment as the lights switch off for Earth Hour , on ... More >>
More than lights-out: Earth Hour
Monday, 28 March 2011, 10:44 am | Earth Hour
As the lights come back on in the Cook Islands, the 134th country to celebrate Earth Hour 2011 – a record breaking year for the annual lights-out event – the global community has shown it is united in commitment to a sustainable future. More >>
Earth Hour calls on businesses to show leadership
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 4:48 pm | Earth Hour
Three days out from the global switch-off event, Earth Hour has called on businesses and organisations to show their leadership by committing to lasting action for the planet when the lights come back on. A record 131 countries and territories are registered ... More >>
City leaders pioneer environmental action beyond the hour
Thursday, 17 March 2011, 1:51 pm | Earth Hour
City leaders pioneer environmental action beyond the hour As the globe prepares to switch off for Earth Hour, cities across the globe are leading the drive to take Earth Hour 2011 beyond the hour by committing to lasting environmental actions including: ... More >>
Global icons join in monumental action for the planet
Friday, 11 March 2011, 2:37 pm | Earth Hour
Diverse iconic landmarks join hundreds of millions of people across the planet to switch off for Earth Hour 2011 including: Gateway of India, the Alhambra, Christ the Redeemer, Tokyo Tower, Table Mountain and Taiwan’s 101 Financial Building Earth ... More >>
Volunteers rally for TVC Earth Hour message
Tuesday, 15 February 2011, 2:16 pm | Earth Hour
Earth Hour launches new global TVC, produced with a volunteer cast, calling for people to switch off their lights and take action ‘beyond the hour’ More >>
Earth Hour is coming
Wednesday, 18 March 2009, 9:57 am | Earth Hour
Come and join us to celebrate Earth Hour at the Hawke’s Bay Opera House Plaza, at 7pm on Saturday March 28, 2009. The Hastings Earth Hour event is being supported by two local ambassadors: Dr Gavin Kenny, a local Climate Change Scientist and acknowledged ... More >>
Blackout at the Beehive for Earth Hour
Monday, 9 March 2009, 2:35 pm | Earth Hour
Parliament buildings and Te Papa among key landmarks switching off. The Beehive and Te Papa are some of the key landmarks across the country planning to turn off their non-essential lighting for WWF’s Earth Hour™. More >>
NZ looks set to switch off from Kaitaia to Bluff
Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 9:42 am | Earth Hour
Thirty seven cities, towns and regional bodies across New Zealand have committed to WWF’s Earth Hour™ 2009. The list, which contrasts with one participating city in 2008, and includes all the main centres, was announced at the national launch, ... More >>
