Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wildlife Fund.
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17 Facts About Earth Hour
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However, national grid operator Transpower reported that New Zealand's power consumption during Earth Hour was 335 megawatts, higher than the 328 megawatt average of the previous two Saturdays.
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Enmax, the city's power supplier, has confirmed that in all subsequent years, Calgarians have not supported the Earth Hour initiative, noting that power consumption changed only marginally during the hour in 2010 and 2011 and in 2012 and 2013 showed no appreciable change in power usage at all.
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Earth Hour 2011 was the biggest year in the campaign's five-year history, reaffirming it as the largest ever voluntary action for the environment.
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In 2011, the tagline "Beyond the Earth Hour" was adopted by organizers as a way to encourage people to take their commitment to the cause beyond the 60-minute event.
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Together with agency Leo Burnett, Earth Hour unveiled an updated planet themed logo that included a small plus symbol to the right of the signature "60" which was used in previous years.
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Earth Hour 2011 took place in a record 5,251 cities and towns in 135 countries and territories on all seven continents.
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Philippines, which has been an active participant of the Earth Hour, had an early "earth hour" when power was accidentally interrupted, plunging Metro Manila and nearby provinces into darkness.
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In 2013, the world's first Earth Hour Forest began in Uganda, an ongoing project that aims to restore 2700 hectares of degraded land.
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The petition reached more than 127,000 signatures before the Earth Hour event, ensuring the legislation was debated in the State Duma by politicians.
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Earth Hour Blue was launched as a global crowdfunding and crowdsourcing platform for the planet.
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Second year running, Earth Hour Blue aims to raise funds for WWF organized climate focused projects on a crowdfunding platform.
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Uniquely participating in the Earth Hour activity are the inhabitants of an island called Sibuyan in the Philippines who turned on their lights to elevate the message of using renewable energy.
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Earth Hour 2020 took place on Saturday, 28 March from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time and it went digitally due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Earth Hour 2021 took place on Saturday, 27 March from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time.
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Earth Hour 2022 took place on Saturday, 26 March from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time.
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Earth Hour is an initiative to encourage individuals, businesses and governments around the world to take accountability for their ecological footprint and engage in dialogue and resource exchange that provides real solutions to our environmental challenges.
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