Earth Hour

On 29 March 2008, millions of people in some of the world's biggest cities will unite and switch off for one hour - Earth Hour - sending a powerful national and global message that it's possible to take action on global warming.

Last year On March 31, 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour — Earth Hour. If the greenhouse reduction achieved in the Sydney CBD during Earth Hour was sustained for a year, it would be equivalent to taking 48,616 cars off the road for a year.

With Sydney icons like the Harbour Bridge and Opera House turning their lights off, and unique events such as weddings by candlelight, the world took notice. Inspired by the collective effort of millions of Sydneysiders, many major global cities are joining Earth Hour in 2008, turning a symbolic event into a global movement.

After Strong backing from the City of Sydney and its Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, helped to make Earth Hour 2008 an international event.

Over 9000 businesses and 136,000 individuals had indicated their intention to participate at earthhour.org

Earth Hour 2008 will include the following "partner cities".

Aalborg, Denmark
Aarhus, Denmark
Adelaide, Australia
Atlanta, United States
Bangkok, Thailand
Brisbane, Australia
Canberra, Australia
Chicago, United States
Christchurch, New Zealand
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dubai, UAE
Dublin, Ireland
Lautoka, Fiji
Manila, Philippines
Melbourne, Australia
Montreal, Canada
Odense, Denmark
Ottawa, Canada
Perth, Australia
Phoenix, United States
San Francisco, United States
Suva, Fiji
Sydney, Australia
Tel Aviv, Israel
Toronto, Canada
Vancouver, Canada

This is going to happen every year, as a biggest democracy and the second largest populated nation we should add at least one Indian city to list. Sign up to participate in this program and save our earth For more details visit http://www.earthhour.org/