Earth Hour began in 2007 in Sydney, Australia. On that evening 2.2 million people turned off their lights for an hour in a statement showing the simple steps we can all make that have a significant impact on the environment. The campaign was so successful that it spurned a global event one year later that included over 400 cities and 50 million people. Earth Hour 2009 is expecting to make an even greater impact this year.
Currently over 80 countries and 850 cities have pledged to turn out the lights for Earth Hour this year.
More info at EarthHour.org.
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Earth Hour seems like an interesting idea. Do you have any statistics on how much electricity is saved during that hour?
Most cities attempted to produce statements that included electricity reduction numbers, but the data is a little hard to compute. Comparing the same day of the week within that same month, or from the year before, one would need to normalize weather differences along with any other minor factors. Ultimately you get a number without too much significance.
Earth Hour released a statement about energy reduction declaring that its aim is simply to "to express that individual action on a mass scale can help change our planet for the better" and not about a specific drop in usage for that hour.
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