On Saturday night, homes, businesses and beloved landmarks around the world turned off their lights for 60 minutes. Earth Hour, which launched in Sydney in 2007, is an annual WWF-led event intended to draw attention to the need for action on climate change.
From the Greek Parthenon to France's Eiffel Tower, iconic buildings went dark between 8.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. local time. Earth Hour now takes place in more than 172 countries, and hundreds of community groups shared images of candlelit celebrations on social media.
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Our lights will dim to a faint sparkle from 8:30-9:30pm for #EarthHour, the worldwide call to #ChangeClimateChange. pic.twitter.com/OhtZ3EFBda— Empire State Bldg (@EmpireStateBldg) March 19, 2016
A photo posted by J A N E . R A I N S (@eljane.rains) on Mar 19, 2016 at 9:05pm PDT
Another beautiful #EarthHour time lapse video, this time of the #VictoriaHarbour in #HongKong! Video by @wwfhk pic.twitter.com/pEvVNydcN2— Earth Hour (@earthhour) March 19, 2016
A photo posted by Reuters (@reuters) on Mar 19, 2016 at 1:47pm PDT
A video posted by Harrods (@harrods) on Mar 19, 2016 at 1:31pm PDT
Before and after pic #edinburghcastle #earthhour pic.twitter.com/qAVkU2x0cb— Historic Scotland (@welovehistory) March 19, 2016