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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A yearly sign that spring has sprung
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Purple flowers and Golden Week
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Singing praises of the oceans
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World Teachers Day
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Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
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A memorial in Germany
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Canada Day
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Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
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The Crown of the Continent
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In memory of those lost
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Friendship Day in the City of Brotherly Love
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A cliffside harbor in Sardinia
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Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany
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Engineering an artificial harbor in Normandy
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Arctic fox in Norway
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World Water Day
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Apples ready for harvest in Minnesota
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New Years Eve
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Space-age style by the sea
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Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
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Classical music takes center stage
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Finding a balance between wetlands and water treatment
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A bite of ancient history
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A winter light show
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Lizard of mystery
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National Hummingbird Day
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Seventeen arches at sunset
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Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, England
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One for the books
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Looking for peace on the precipice
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