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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A hermitage with a view
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World Laughter Day—it s a hoot
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Ruins of Inca temples and terraces on Huayna Picchu, Peru
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Broken Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
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Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
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International Moon Day
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Denali National Park
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Flying high on National Bird Day
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Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
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Camels in the desert, United Arab Emirates
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Salt of the earth
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Our Lady of the Rocks
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Star Wars Day
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Wake up, it s Darwin Day
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Vineyards in the Mosel Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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National Fossil Day
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It’s Endangered Species Day
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Siblings Day
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Dashing through the snow
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Christmas Eve
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Hispanic Heritage Month
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Oxbow Bend on the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Red fox
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Beethoven s 250th
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In the footsteps of Leopold Bloom
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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
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Lake Peipus, Estonia
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Hanging out on a limb
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Juneteenth
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San Francisco Bay salt flats
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