Bulgaria Set to Join Earth Hour 2010

Society » ENVIRONMENT | March 1, 2010, Monday // 16:41
Bulgaria Set to Join Earth Hour 2010: Bulgaria Set to Join Earth Hour 2010 On March 27, the world will witness some of the most recognizable landmarks on the planet turn off their lights in support of the WWF initiative. Photo by www.sxc.hu

The WWF have announced that Bulgaria will again participate in Earth Hour, which will be held this year on March 27 at 20:30.

Bulgaria will take part in Earth Hour 2010, which is the country’s third participation in the event.

In a media statement released by the WWF on Monday they announced that people around the world will switch off their lights and power appliances for one hour, the action being a mainly symbolical global call to action to every individual, business and every community throughout the world to save energy and help prevent the deterioration of the global climate.

The idea behind it is for people to gather, to spend some time with friends in "peace and quiet", and have time to reflect on "themselves and their lives", the WWF continued..

The idea for Earth Hour originated in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, when 2,2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change.

The Australian initiative proved highly popular around the world and a year later Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries joining in.

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