Speaker urges people to participate in Earth Hour

This year, it is your turn to ensure that all the lights are turned out at 8:30 pm sharp for an hour.

Earth Hour takes place every year to remind people about saving electricity and to be more wary about the amount of electricity we use.

Iconic landmarks around the world switched off their lights Saturday to celebrate Earth Hour.

A compilation of the photos submitted to the WWF will be uploaded to their official Facebook page atwww.facebook.com/wwf.philippines to showcase endeavors in celebration of Earth Hour 2017 around the country.

At 8:30 p.m. local time, people are encouraged to go without lights for an hour. Russia’s Far East has joined the worldwide event Earth Hour, turning out the lighting of office blocks and landmarks, staging flash mobs and organizing environmental events.

Through Earth Hour we are reaffirming for each other, and for our leaders, that we trust the science, that we want action, that we believe in joining together to put the brakes on climate change. “We’re also starting to see a whole bunch of countries actually putting in climate change policies as well”. The campaign has grown in the past decade from the kick-off event in Sydney, Australia in 2007.

The motto of this year’s Earth Hour is to unite people from all walks of life, cap the growth of population, and maintain a protective shield for the Earth.

The lights of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France’s best-known symbol, were switched off for five minutes at 1930 GMT and the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, the world’s tallest building, went dark for an hour.

Many events were staged to draw awareness to how human activities contribute to climate change. “So this we are doing for the planet, and this is a small initiative to show our commitment toward our country and society”.