Buildings around the world will go dark for 60 minutes this evening in a voluntary event known as Earth Hour. This grassroots effort was started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, by the Australian branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (aka World Wildlife Fund), which encouraged Sydneysiders to show their support for climate action. Since then, it’s grown into a global movement to raise awareness of our energy consumption and the effects of climate change on our planet.
Here’s why landmarks are going dark
Today in History
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Dark skies over New Mexico
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Bohemian Switzerland
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Tour de France 2024 begins
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Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
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Cetacean Saturday
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Busy building wetlands
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Join the parade for World Elephant Day
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Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Virginia
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A winter’s holiday ends
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World Childrens Day
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A light at the edge of the world
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It s World Poetry Day
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Fall colors below Mount Sneffels near Ridgway, Colorado
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Azaleas blooming on Hwangmaesan Mountain, South Korea
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Whales in winter
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Harbor and longtail boats at Ko Samui, Thailand
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Celebrating 30 years of eye-opening images
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Rock of ages
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National Aviation Day
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Collared aracari in Costa Rica
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Prague, Czech Republic
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Welcome to my neck of the woods
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Surf s always up in Paia
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Venice s grand regatta
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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Looking down on the Otter
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The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
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Let s crack the code
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