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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The National Museum of the American Indian
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A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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World Octopus Day
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Farmers Day
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Hawai i Volcanoes National Park at 106
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Terraced fields of green
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The desert blooms
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The lights of Paris
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Mountain goats
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Back on the rise
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Kagami-ike, Nagano, Japan
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Black-naped monarch
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A bite of ancient history
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Diwali
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Christmas tree at Crystal Pier, San Diego, California
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Chinese New Year
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National Lighthouse Day
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National Hummingbird Day
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Brown-throated three-toed sloth in cecropia tree, Costa Rica
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Islands of the Salish Sea
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Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument anniversary
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Here’s why landmarks are going dark
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An ultralight aircraft flying over the sands of Namibia
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Village of Saranac Lake, New York
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A day for the dolphins
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St. Patrick s Day
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Art Basel Miami Beach
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Midwinter freeze
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Women s History Month
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