So Earth Hour came and went this past weekend. Created by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Australia, the goal of Earth Hour was to raise awareness of climate change and asked people around the world to collectively switch off their lights at 8.30pm on March 28th for 1 hour. Here are some of the news stories around Earth Hour 2009:
- South Africa switched off a total of 4.7 million 60 watt light bulbs and saved 400 Megawatts.
- Cape Town holds Concert in the Dark – cyclists generated the energy to light the concert.
- Environmentalists hail Earth Hour as a big success.
- Earth Hour images from around the world – The Big Picture | Yahoo! | Flickr.
- Earth Hour global video round-up.
- “Earth Hour is bollocks”. Cynics submit power-hungry photos to the Anti Earth Hour blog.
- Al Gore snubs Earth Hour by leaving his floodlights on.
- The people of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India considered Earth Hour a crude joke.
If you have any local stories, please let us know in the comments and we’ll add them to the list.
