This movement along with millions of people from various countries. They will turn off the lights in a moment of "Earth Hour", a grassroots movement aimed at fighting climate change.
This year, entering the fourth year, this event will be the biggest event with thousands of cities in 125 countries prepared to take part in this movement. A total of 37 countries that have not participated last year, this year participated.
Copenhagen Conference Although soft output and recently emerged theories related controversy about climate change.
Public still hope there will be action to avoid catastrophic global warming, as noted by the originator of Earth Hour, Andy Ridley.
"Something there is public fatigue at the political factors that surround (the issue of climate change), but citizens of the world is more highly motivated this year than last year," Ridley said at a news agency quoted the newspaper Straits Times.
Handled by a conservation organization, WWF, "Earth Hour" first launched in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. With 2.2 million people to turn off the lights in the home and office for 60 minutes refers to the electricity consumption and carbon pollution in the world.
The campaign drove to the global level the following year, and this Saturday, more than 1,200 famous places in the world will turn off lighting at 8.30 pm local time.
Executing a campaign called this event as a "24-hour wave of hope and action. "
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