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
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Indigenous Peoples Day
-
Fallen but not forgotten
-
Cypress trees in George L. Smith State Park, Georgia
-
Beyond Walls for World Refugee Day
-
Camel thorn trees, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia
-
African buffalo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
-
Kochelsee in Bavaria
-
A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
-
Here, fishy!
-
They’re grrrape!
-
Dressed to impress
-
Penguins can t fly!
-
Why do elephants hide in trees?
-
Arbor Day
-
Vineyards in the Mosel Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
-
The Old City of Bern
-
Loud waters
-
Mod gear
-
The Blue City of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
-
World Water Day
-
St. Patrick s Day
-
Fin whales: A success story
-
Old City of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia
-
A unique perspective from Italy’s ‘golden sands’
-
Black History Month
-
Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
-
International Surfing Day
-
Sharp-dressed bug
-
Amber Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
-
Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

