The first Earth Hour took place in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. It was an idea developed by newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald and WWF. For that first ever Earth hour, 2.2 million homes and businesses in the Sydney area switched off their lights for the period of one hour. In one year Earth Hour grew from that one event in one city to a worldwide movement. In 2008, millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations in nearly 200 cities around the globe turned out for Earth Hour. In 2009, Earth Hour took place across 25 time zones in over 4,000 cities and towns, in 88 countries, and involved hundreds of millions of people.
earth hour started in New Zealand because it is the first to get sun ray.
The first country to observe Earth Hour was Australia in 2007. Earth Hour was started by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) as a way to raise awareness about climate change.
Earth Hour helps in many ways it saves energy also when you do Earth Hour you realize what you are actually doing to the earth.
In most parts of the world, Earth Hour 2009 took place from 8:00pm-9:00pm on the last Saturday of March. In Australia, Earth Hour was held from 8:30pm to 9:30pm.
Earth Hour 2010 was estimated to have saved around 700 megawatt hours of electricity worldwide. This is roughly equivalent to the energy consumed by 300,000 homes in an hour.
Earth hour starts at 8:30pm at your local time and finishes at 9:30pm your local time. In 2011, Earth Hour is on 26 March.
it started in sydney
Because People want to save energy
earth hour started in New Zealand because it is the first to get sun ray.
8:30pm / 20:30
No, the Earth will collapse by us, because of the 11th hour. Unless we start taking better care of our planet.
Earth Hour was created in 2007.
Eight Thirty PM in every time zone in the world!
In 2010,128 countreis participated in earth hour
I took part in earth hour and hope it saved the earth did you take part????
It isn't clear what you mean by "earth hour", and how that would stop.
The first Earth Hour took place in Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales, Australia, in 2007. It was an idea developed by newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund). For that first ever Earth hour, 2.2 million homes and businesses in the Sydney area switched off their lights for the period of one hour.