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 memorial in Germany
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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Fossil Day
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Fall color sweeps across the West
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Killer whales in Spildra, Norway
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Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
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Welcome to Scotland s garden
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Puma in Patagonia
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A palace for the public
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World Bee Day
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Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe, California
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March of the flowers
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Drop in on International Surfing Day
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Astronomy Day
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Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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A different kind of dive
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A picture-perfect day on Trillium
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Vieste, Apulia, Italy
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Embracing the cold
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The migrating monarchs of Michoacán
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Jupiter and the Galilean moons
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World Teachers Day
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Valentines Day
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A rest stop for the birds
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Mount Pico, Portugal
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The monsoon arrives in the desert
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Anniversary of Pinnacles National Park, California
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Lionfish off the coast of Indonesia
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Spotted Lake emerges
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A horse of many colors
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