Lights are out Saturday, March 26, 2011 on a village in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines as it joins Earth Hour, a global grass-roots movement encouraging individuals, businesses and governments around the world to take positive actions for the environment, and celebrating their commitment to the planet by switching off their lights for one designated hour. Earth Hour began in Sydney in Australia on March 31, 2007 when more than two million individuals and two thousand businesses turned off their lights for one hour to take a stand on climate change. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 26, 2011) – The southern Filipino city of Zamboanga switched off its lights late Saturday as it joined the global campaign dubbed as “Earth Hour” to save energy.
The local Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative turned off power for half an hour at 8:30 p.m., but many private homes opted to stay without electricity for one hour to comply with the campaign.
Earth Hour is a global grass-roots movement encouraging individuals, businesses and governments around the world to take positive actions for the environment, and celebrating their commitment to the planet by switching off their lights for one designated hour.
It began in Sydney in Australia on March 31, 2007 when more than two million individuals and two thousand businesses turned off their lights for one hour to take a stand on climate change, according to Earthour.org.
Since then, Earth Hour grew to become the greatest environmental action in history with individuals, businesses and governments across more than 100 countries coming together to show the path to a sustainable future is a collective journey. (Mindanao Examiner)
The local Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative turned off power for half an hour at 8:30 p.m., but many private homes opted to stay without electricity for one hour to comply with the campaign.
Earth Hour is a global grass-roots movement encouraging individuals, businesses and governments around the world to take positive actions for the environment, and celebrating their commitment to the planet by switching off their lights for one designated hour.
It began in Sydney in Australia on March 31, 2007 when more than two million individuals and two thousand businesses turned off their lights for one hour to take a stand on climate change, according to Earthour.org.
Since then, Earth Hour grew to become the greatest environmental action in history with individuals, businesses and governments across more than 100 countries coming together to show the path to a sustainable future is a collective journey. (Mindanao Examiner)
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