Do your part this Earth Hour
Being a South-African, you most probably know the term “load shedding” as everyone experienced that a few years ago. Living in Polokwane, you might also be used to frequent electricity problems. Therefore, to be at least one hour without electricity is not that unusual. Since we are very dependent on electricity, for charging our cell phones, watching television, or surfing the internet, we often find that we have nothing to do when the electricity is down. Although being in the dark is not ideal, it is also not the end of the world.
Once a year, for one hour, everyone on earth are expected to switch of their electricity and experience life without power, at night. This is called Earth Hour and this year it falls on Saturday, 24 March.
The first ever Earth Hour was held on 31 March 2006 in Sydney, Australia. San Francisco was the next major city to run a program related to saving power in October 2007. By 2008, 35 countries in the world were participating on all seven continents. Between 20:30 and 21:30, hundreds of cities in these 35 countries turned of their lights. In 2016, the number of countries participating grew to 170.
How to explain Earth Hour to kids
They are flipping the switch to show support for taking action to fight climate change and protect nature.
This is the twelfth year Earth Hour has taken place and landmarks across the country are participating, including the Empire State Building, the Superdome and the Space Needle. (You can find a full list of participants here)
Earth Hour 2018
ON SATURDAY 24 MARCH 2018, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE GLOBE ONCE AGAIN CAME TOGETHER FOR EARTH HOUR. FROM COLOMBIA TO INDONESIA TO FIJI, EARTH HOUR 2018 MOBILIZED PEOPLE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, TO CONNECT2EARTH AND SHARE WHAT NATURE MEANS TO THEM, IN THE PLACES THEY LIVE IN AND CARE ABOUT.
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