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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Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
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Sitka shines on Alaska Day
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Once upon a time there was a bridge…
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Wild and beautiful Alaska
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At the shore of an inland sea
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Papa was a flightless bird
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Holi festival
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Gdańsk on the banks of the Motława, Poland
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Winter solstice
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Happy New Year!
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Watch your step
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Umschreibung by Olafur Eliasson in Munich
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Village of Zahara de la Sierra, Cadiz, Spain
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Día de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico
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National Park Week: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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Get amped for Glastonbury
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Old man s whiskers growing wild
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Happy trails for the 21st century
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National Park Week begins
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The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
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A snuggling ball of cute
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Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
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Remembering Jimmy Carter
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National Lighthouse Day
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Hey, you two in the front!
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Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska
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Annivesary of the Wilderness Act of 1964
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International Surfing Day
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Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy
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Dancers perform ‘Revelations’
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