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
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Midnight sun
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The parenting of a piping plover
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Kochelsee in Bavaria
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Presidents Day
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Rumelihisarı in Istanbul, Türkiye
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For Hispanic Heritage Month: Out of Many, One
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Winter Olympics in Beijing
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Anniversary of Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
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World Numbat Day
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Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
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Huntington Beach Pier, California, at sunset
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
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Sands of time
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A lunar lantern celebration
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Angkor, Cambodia
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The Zugspitze: Germany s highest point
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Pandas pucker up for International Kissing Day
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Social climbing
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Meandering through Patagonia
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An island for the birds
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Birds of the Drömling
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National Panda Day
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International Dark Sky Week
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Great horned owl near Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida
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