Earth Hour 2012
Hundreds of millions of people, businesses and governments around the world unite each year to support the largest environmental event in history – Earth Hour.
More than 5,200 cities and towns in 135 countries worldwide switched off their lights for Earth Hour 2011 alone, sending a powerful message for action on climate change.
Earth Hour is organized by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). In 2006, WWF-Australia inspired Sydney-siders to show their support for climate change action in the first ever Earth Hour event. Then in March 2007 in Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million individuals and more than 2,000 businesses turned their lights out for one hour to take a stand against climate change for WWF’s official Earth Hour launch.
Having joined the initiative in 2008, the City of Brampton has been extremely successful, building on previous years’ results.
For additional information on Earth Hour visit www.earthhourcanada.org.
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