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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Groundhog Day
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Maybe we should be looking up
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European river otter, Netherlands
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Venice s grand regatta
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Summer solstice
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Installation art turns heads
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Travel Sunday: San Francisco
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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The monsoon arrives in the desert
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International Jazz Day
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Ides of March
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Defying gravity on a swing ride
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
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International Rock Day
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Tesla, the visionary
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A bison preserve
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Squirrel Appreciation Day
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Pumpkin patch
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Aspens in the White River National Forest, Colorado
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Christmas Bird Count turns 125
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Happy Independence Day!
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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Sleep tight, little hedgehog
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Up on the glacier
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An unlikely friendship in the wild
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For Hispanic Heritage Month: Out of Many, One
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Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
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World Space Week begins
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Hot and Spicy Food Day
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