1000 TIPS: EARTH HOUR

Earth Hour is a global activity organized by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and held on the last Saturday in March each year, asking for the home and office turned off the lights and electrical equipment unnecessary for one hour to increase awareness of the need for action on climate change. Earth Hour is triggered by WWF and The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, when 2.2 is also participating in the Sydney population off all unnecessary lights. After Sydney, many other cities around the world participated in the year 2008.

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JAKARTA (Antara): WWF said more than 4000 cities in 125 countries will participate in the global action turn out the lights for 1 hour for Earth Hour as a collective action reduce the rate of climate change on this night.

Initiator and Executive Director of WWF's Earth Hour, Andy Ridley of the WWF press release received today, said the Earth Hour 2010 was developed with more participation from all over the world.

On Earth Hour 2009, a total of only 88 countries involved and now the 125 countries, and more than 4,000 cities in 1200 where the city has participated in Earth Hour 2009.

"When Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007, we never will grow sepert dream of this," said Andy.

From Rio de Janeiro to the hills of Los Angeles, 56 national capital and 8 of the 10 most populous metropolitan area in the world, will join in this moment of celebration and contemplation by doing one small thing that cross-border, cross-generation, and cross-purposes.

"Mankind in the world knows it is time to act, the planet can not wait," he said. Earth Hour 2010 had begun several hours earlier in Samoa and small Pulai Chatham to 600 people have joined the seven cities of the world megapolitan Shanghai, Mumbai, Beijing, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Moscow and New Delhi.

"Earth Hour provided a global movement of millions of people to voice their concern at the harmful effects of climate change," said James Leape of WWF CEO.

In Indonesia, the implementation of Earth Hour 2010 will be concentrated in the Monas, Jakarta, facing Fountain Park Monument Enchantment chaired by the Vice Governor of DKI Jakarta Province Prijanto act as host EARTH HOUR Jakarta.

DKI Jakarta Provincial Government shows its commitment a second time after the year 2009 with the participation of five icons off Jakarta, who was also a national icon, namely Indonesia and Bundaran hotel fountains, Monument and Fountain Enchantment Monument, City Hall Building and government buildings, Statue of Youth, and Arjuna Wiwaha fountain.

WWF-Indonesia recorded until March 27, 2010 night, more than 170 buildings along the Sudirman, Thamrin, Kuningan, Gatot Subroto has provided confirmation to the WWF-Indonesia and that number will continue to grow, including the chain of hotels and cafes.

In addition, more than 200 thousand people have expressed commitment to the participation of Indonesia EARTH HOUR online only on a social networking site facebook.

Meanwhile, famous cities in the world to participate in Earth Hour 2010, including Beijing, London, New York, Paris, Moscow, Tokyo, Rome, Cairo, Washington DC, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Mexico City, Sydney, Delhi, Singapore, Copenhagen, Manila, Istanbul, Jakarta, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Cape Town and Davis Station, Antarctica, South Pole Pyramid and the Sphinx statue at Giza, the most powerful symbol of unity of action, be the leader of the list valuable work of 1274 people and natural wonders will turn off the lights for Earth Hour celebrations around the world.

Other world icons who participated in Earth Hour 2010 is the Forbidden City in Beijing. The Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe in France, Empire State Building in New York, Buckingham Palace and Big Ben in London, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the Acropolis in Athens, the Trevi Fountain and the Coliseum in Rome, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, the Peace Memorial Hiroshima in Japan.

Also, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House, the Las Vegas Strip (The Strip), d India Gate Red Fort in Delhi, Edinburgh Castle, the CN Tower in Toronto, Khalifa Burj Dubai (tallest building in the world), Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Bosphorous Bridge in Istanbul, Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Table Mountain in Cape Town, the London Eye, Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, Tower Kuwait, Singapore's Merlion statue, Independence Angel in Mexico City, Niagara Falls Falls in the U.S., Tapei 101, St. Paul's Cathedral in London, Chicago's Sears Tower and the Grand Palace in Bangkok. (fh)

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