Buildings around the world will go dark for 60 minutes this evening in a voluntary event known as Earth Hour. This grassroots effort was started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia, by the Australian branch of the World Wide Fund for Nature (aka World Wildlife Fund), which encouraged Sydneysiders to show their support for climate action. Since then, it’s grown into a global movement to raise awareness of our energy consumption and the effects of climate change on our planet.
Here’s why landmarks are going dark
Today in History
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There’s a dog in there somewhere
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It s leap day!
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International Day of Human Space Flight
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Kissing Day
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Breckenridge, Colorado
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Winter solstice
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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A visit to Limerick on Limerick Day
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Twosday
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Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
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Hippo family in Chobe National Park, Botswana
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Staircase of turquoise pools
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Cypress trees in George L. Smith State Park, Georgia
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Celebrating Mexico in a Cultural Capital
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Lakeside serenity in Finland
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany
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In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
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Venice by night
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Think deep thoughts
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World Theater Day
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Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
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Is there a bug-egg emoji for this?
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Park of the Monsters, Bomarzo, Italy
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Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve in Layton, Utah
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The stylish Spanish shawl
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Mount Hood, Oregon
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World Bicycle Day
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American robin
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Quiver trees, Keetmanshoop, Namibia
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Manatee Appreciation Day
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