Earth Hour is an initiative of the WWF: in 2009 the WWF continues its appointment in the Country Generation Climate to sensitize enterprises, institutions and citizens in the struggle to climate changes.
On You Tube Channel you can watch the video, on a black starry sky: it has been seen over 380.000 times. The initiative started in Sidney in 2007 and in 2008 became a worldwide event.
The initiative aimed to involve in 2009 more than 1000 cities: by now over 2.800 cities in the world have joined, among which 100 are Italian . The Tower of Pisa, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Verona Arena, the Sforzesco Castle in Milan, the St. Peter’s Dome in Rome, the Rialto Bridge in Venice, the Genoa’s Aquarius and a lot of buildings and plazas of City Halls will turn off the lights for an hour. In the world the Eiffel Tower, the Niagara Falls, the small Chatham Islands in the Pacific and the highest skyscraper, the Taipei 101 in China will go out.
Videos of adhesion have been published by many people, among which Alanis Morissette, Daniel Herrero, Francesco Totti, Camila Raznovich; both VIP and ordinary people have given their support to this initiative.
Spegnere l'interruttore della luce, un gesto semplice... Turn off the light, a simple gesture...
"Ecoconsigli" locandina del WWF
Fai la tua parte:
> Risparmia energia spegnendo le luci dove non servono.
> Spegni anche gli stand by degli apparecchi elettronici
> Scegli le lampadine a basso consumo
> Diminuisci le tue emissioni programmando il riscaldamento a 18-20 °C
> Regola il termostato del frigorifero a temperature non inferiori a 6°C e il congelatore a – 18°C
> Per i tuoi spostamenti usa preferibilmente i mezzi pubblici.
"Eco suggest" - poster of WWF
Do your part:
> Save energy by turning off the lights where they are not necessary
> Turn off the stand by function of electronic instruments
> Choose bulbs at low consumption
> Decrease your emissions by programming heating at 18-20 °C
> Adjust the thermostat of the refrigerator at temperatures not lower than 6°C and the freezer at _18°C
> For your trips use preferably public transportation
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(Last Update 28/03/2009)