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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Photo atmosphere of earth hour from around the world

Earth Hour is a global activity organized by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and held on the last Saturday in March each year, asking for the home and office lights and appliances that are not needed for one hour to increase awareness of the need for action on climate change. Earth Hour is proposed by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 is also the population of Sydney participated in extinguishing all the lights are not necessary. After Sydney, many other cities around the world participated in the year 2008.

 *4000 Cities in 125 countries follow the Earth Hour:

WWF claimed more than 4000 cities in 125 countries will participate in global action for 1 hour switch off lights for Earth Hour as a joint action to reduce the rate of climate change on this night.
The originator and the WWF Earth Hour executive director Andy Ridley of the WWF press release received today, said the Earth Hour 2010 was developed with more participation from all over the world.
On Earth Hour in 2009, carrying only 88 countries involved and is now a 125 countries, and more than 4000 cities where 1200 the city has participated in Earth Hour 2009.
"When Earth Hour started in Sydney in 2007, we never dreamed would develop like-this," said Andy.
From Rio de Janeiro to the hills of Los Angeles, 56 state capitals and 8 of the 10 most populous metropolitan city in the world, will join the celebration as well as moments of contemplation by doing one small thing that cross-border, cross-generation, and cross-purposes.
"The human race in the world knows it is time to act, the planet can not wait," he said. Earth Hour 2010 had started a few hours ago in Samoa and small Pulai Chatham with 600 people have joined the seven cities of the world megapolitan namely Shanghai, Mumbai, Beijing, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Moscow and New Delhi.
"Earth Hour provided a global movement of millions of people to voice their concern at the harmful effects of climate change," said James Leape of WWF CEO.
In Indonesia, the implementation of Earth Hour 2010 will be concentrated in the Monas, Jakarta, facing Fountain Park monument Enchantment directly led by Vice Governor of DKI Jakarta Province Prijanto as host of Earth Hour action in Jakarta.
DKI Jakarta Provincial Government shows its commitment a second time after the year 2009 with the participation of five icons deadly Jakarta, which it also became a national icon, the Hotel Indonesia Roundabout and fountains, Monument and Fountain Enchantment Monument, City Hall and government buildings, Statue of Youth, and Arjuna Wiwaha fountain.
WWF-Indonesia recorded until March 27, 2010 night, more than 170 buildings along Sudirman, Thamrin, Kuningan, Gatot Subroto has provided confirmation to the WWF-Indonesia, and that number continues to grow, including chain of hotels and cafes.
In addition, more than 200 thousand people have expressed commitment to Indonesia's participation in Earth Hour online only on the social networking site facebook.
Meanwhile, famous cities in the world to participate in Earth Hour 2010, including Beijing, London, New York, Paris, Moscow, Tokyo, Rome, Cairo, Washington DC, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Mexico City, Sidney, Delhi, Singapore, Copenhagen, Manila, Istanbul, Jakarta, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and Davis Station, Antarctica, South Pole Statue and Sphinx at Giza Pyramid, the most powerful symbol of unity of action, at the forefront of the list 1274 the work of humans and the natural wonders noble civilization will turn off its lights for Earth Hour celebrations around the world.
Other world icons who participated in Earth Hour 2010 is the Forbidden City in Beijing. Eiffel tower and Arc de Triomphe in France, Empire State Building in New York, Buckingham Palace and Big Ben in London, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the Acropolis in Athens, the Trevi Fountain and the Coliseum in Rome, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, the Peace Memorial Hiroshima in Japan.
Also the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House, the Las Vegas Strip (The Strip), India Gate Red Fort in Delhi d, Edinburgh Castle, the CN Tower in Toronto, Khalifa Burj Dubai (the tallest building in the world) Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Bosphorous Bridge in Istanbul, Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Table Mountain in Cape Town, London Eye, the Bird Nest Stadium in Beijing, Kuwait Towers, Merlion Statue in Singapore, the Independence Angel in Mexico City, Niagara Falls American Falls, Tapei 101, St. Paul's Cathedral in London, the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Grand Palace in Bangkok.  


*poto-poto atmosphere of Earth Hour all parts of the world: 


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