Earth Hour

EARTH HOUR WAS EVEN CELEBRATED IN SPACE! EARTH HOUR Canadian Astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield tweeted images from the ISS and Russian Cosmonaut sent a video message from space. GLOBAL PARTICIPATING LANDMÁRKS Kremlin and Red Square Big Ben EARTH HOUR STARTS IN EARTH HOUR FINISHES IN Las Vegas Strip Eiffel Tower Niagara Falls Beijing Bird's Nest United Nations Times Square Spanish Steps Tower of Pisa Burj Kalifa Tokyo Tower SAMOA COOK ISLANDS 8.30PM 8.30PM O Marina Bay Sands 154 87600- Sydney Opera House people have joined the Earth Hour global Facebook community. countries celebrated Earth Hour - across Sydney Harbour Bridge all 7 continents. EARTH HOUR GLOBAL CELEBRITY SUPPORTERS MCFLY JESSICA ALBA MIRANDA KERR BAN KI-MOON AL GORE KUMI NAIDOO ISABEL LUCAS ANDRÉ KUIPERS OVERVIEW EARTH HOUR-A HISTORY IN NUMBERS No. of countries No. of countries No. of countries No. of countries No. of countries No. of countries No. of countries 35 88 128 135 152 154 No. of cities No. of cities No. of cities 5.251 7.000 - 7,000 No. of cities No. of cities 4,000 4,616 370+ No. of cities No. of cities 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Earth Hour started in Earth Hour became a Hundreds of millions A record 128 countries Earth Hour became Over 7000 cities and Earth Hour has one city, Sydney Australia when 2.2 million people and 2,100 businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. people took part with 4000 cities in 88 countries pledging their support making Earth Hour 2009 the global sustainability movement with over 50 million people took part (4,616 cities and towns) and iconic buildings and landmarks from Asia more than just an hour - it invited people to towns across 152 become a continuous countries took part. "I WILL IF YOU WILL" movement driving real actions, big and small, that are changing the think about what else they can do to make a difference and share launched, with more than 200,000 individuals accepting a challenge and the campaign experienced the largest growth since 2009. across 35 countries participating. Global landmarks such as the Pacific to Europe and Africa to the Americas world we live in. A world's largest global climate change their stories. 135 record 154 countries Golden Gate Bridge countries took part took part and it was joined the symbolic lights out display. across 5,251 cities and towns. and Rome's Colosseum initiative. even celebrated in all stood in darkness. space! OVERVIEW EARTH HOUR IN THE UK 10.1 51% Falkirk Wheel adults took Forth Rail Bridge UK public [25.3 million people] say they've heard of Earth Hour! Sir Chris Hoy part in Earth Hour 2013. Edinburgh Castle Velodrome 3 in 10 16,000 22% 56% and of those 56% read about it on social of those aware 16-24 year olds in the UK took part individuals shared what they were doing on the Earth Hour UK interactive map. of Earth Hour heard about it online. networking sites. I 000 000 "EarthHour2013 YouTube Caernarfon views Castle Old Trafford of Earth Hour 2013 videos trended on the day [and #EarthHour trended globally] 4,088 1,120 Wembley Stadium 10,000 National Big Ben Library of Wales schools took part in Earth Hour 2013 (reaching over 1,600,000 students). people challenged McFly to perform live in panda onesies on the night of Earth Hour. businesses and organisations took part in Earth Hour 2013. Portsmouth Brighton Pier Historic Dockyard EARTH HOUR UK LANDMARKS Other landmarks include: Number 10 Downing Street, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, The UK Houses of Parliament, Piccadilly Circus, St Paul's and the Natural History Museum. EARTH HOUR IMPACT IN THE UK %ND 10,000 82.7% G 2000 Ilmillion 79% Since taking part in Earth Hour 2013, over 10,000 supporters have done more to protect our brilliant planet including: adding their voice to help keep oil exploration out of Virunga national park, writing to their MPs to keep climate change in England's curriculum and raising funds to support WWF's vital conservation work around the world. of people have been inspired to do more to protect the planet since taking part in Earth Hour. of people took part in Earth Hour to do something to tackle climate change. entries to the 1 LOVE THE POWER OF viewed the 'DO THE GREEN THING' Earth Support from PM David Cameron, NATURE' schools challenge. Hour posters to inspire them to live more sustainably. Boris Johnson and Greg Barker. EARTH HOUR IMPACT IN THE REST OF THE WORLD 200,000 4 million Earth Hour's I WILL IF YOU WILL campaign on YouTube has attracted I WILL IF YOU WILL has received more than 200,000 commitments from individuals, businesses, organisations and governments all taking action for the planet. four million IWIYW participants participants. commitments 3.4 1000, 500k 100k 132,141 In Argentina a 3.4 million hectare Marine Protected Area (MPA) was created following a people powered Earth Hour campaign. In Uganda, the world's first Earth Hour Forest was In Russia, more than 100,000 people supported a petition on forest legislation to ban industrial logging in an area of land equal to twice In USA, over 35,000 Girl Scouts installed 1,000 subsidized wood-saving cooking stoves were distributed to the victims of the recent an astounding 132,141 energy efficient light bulbs across created with 2700 hectares of land, challenging Ugandans to fill it with 500,000 trees to fight against the 6000 hectares of deforestation that occurs in cyclone in Madagascar. the size of France. the country. the country every month. |I|| || |||||| EARTH HOUR HOW PEOPLE CELEBRATED IN 2013 HONG KONG SOUTH KOREA UNITED KINGDOM ANTARCTICA CHILE SKYI00 EVENT FLASH-MOB ACOUSTIC GIG WITH MCFLY LIGHTS SWITCH OFF HUMAN POWERED EVENT WWF Hong Kong held a star studded event on the top floor of the Skyl00 building, the tallest building in Hong Kong. Over 2000 people gathered in Seoul for a massive flash-mob. McFly gave a special acoustic performance in panda onesies which was live streamed on You Tube along with clips video message from from research of some of the UK's most famous The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) switched off their lights and sent a The first ever completely human powered event in Chile was held, with energy generated by pedalling participants for a concert that night. station Halley VI. landmarks switching off. FRANCE GERMANY AUSTRALIA JAPAN SPAIN LIGHT-MOB EXPERIENCE POWER BIKE LED LIGHTS EARTH HOURS AWARDS TOKYO TOWER EVENT FLASH-MOB In the birth place of the Earth Hour event, Sydney, the Opera House went green for the night, symbolising the focus on converting to renewable energy. An Earth Hour Awards Event was held on Sydney Harbour opposite the Opera House. The main event in Japan this year was an event at Tokyo Tower in collaboration with a group of Japanese artists called "Mirrorbowlers" who placed an extraordinary piece of art called "0" (zero) under the Tokyo Tower. In Madrid, a flash-mob wowed the crowds and an LED panda was powered by electricity generated by pedal power bikes. There was a light-mob experience in front of the Eiffel Tower with participants taking part in a "light parade" through the streets of Paris. At the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, there was an LEDlight installation powered by four pedal power bikes producing the electricity for an LED light show. *nfpSynergy 2013, WWF-UK and Earth Hour global