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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Harvest time in the Palouse
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Pi Day
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Here we mark the price of freedom
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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A crush in Lavaux
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Decorating for Diwali
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Frankenstein Friday
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World Art Day
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Going with the floe
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A ‘city’ within Valencia
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World Population Day
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Shark Fin Cove, California
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Pink apple blossoms, Avila Beach, California
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Visiting Ahch-To on Star Wars Day
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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Auroras over Kirkjufell, Iceland
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Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Apple Tree Day
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National Go Birding Day
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A Carpathian Christmas celebration
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Spring comes to the Diablo foothills
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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
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Westerheversand Lighthouse
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Sunrise at Lake Atitlán, Guatemala
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National Aviation Day
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