Earth Hour 2022

Sixty pavilions turned off their lights for one minute each as a parade snaked through the site.

We are proud to be powering down at Expo 2020 and playing a part in the symbolic lights-out movement.” Expo celebrated the occasion with a Switch Off Parade by the Dubai Police Marching Band, which went through Ghaf Avenue in the Sustainability District. Earth Hour is a global call to action organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature and started in Sydney, Australia in 2007.

Rashtrapati Bhavan, ...

This Earth Hour, all our actions, albeit small, will 'Shape Our Future'. Citizens can help protect the natural world to safeguard our future by switching off." Earth Hour, celebrated every year on March 26, is the largest global grassroots movement for the environment. It has inspired the world to save electricity.

PHUKET: Yesterday (Mar 26), Phuket residents joined environmentally conscious people around the globe for the Earth Hour by switching off non-essential ...

Earth Hour was instrumental for the creation of Argentina’s largest marine protected area and the first-ever Earth Hour forest in Uganda. Following successful Earth Hour campaigns, plastic bags were banned on the Galapagos Islands and 5 mn sq km French Polynesia’s exclusive economic zone were classified as a managed marine area. Literally millions take part in the event every year to draw attention to environmental issues – and officials cannot ignore the numbers of those asking for actions to be taken. As a result of Earth Hour’s efforts, in 2012 Russia passed a law to better protect seas from oil pollution.

Earth Hour: The theme for this year's Earth Hour is 'Shape Our Future', which emphasises on the need to conserve energy and save the environment for the ...

“Though the Earth Hour is symbolic in nature, but the attention it draws towards our earth and climate is not symbolic. Governments, companies and environment activists around the world take part in this event. - Earth Hour: The theme for this year's Earth Hour is ‘Shape Our Future’, which emphasises on the need to conserve energy and save the environment for the future generations.