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WWF urges people to turn off nonessential electrical appliances for one hour at 8:30 pm on Saturday. This time, he has started a program called Earth Hour “Virtual Spotlight”
Earth Hour is observed every year on the last Saturday in March to get legislators to introduce transformative changes for a sustainable tomorrow and build harmony with nature.
It is an initiative of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Earth Hour urges people to turn off nonessential electrical appliances for one hour at 8:30 pm (local time). This time he has started a program called Earth Hour “Virtual Focus”.
Last year (2020) was a year of learning. We understood that the human race cannot be healthy if the earth is not healthy. The only way we can transform our world and restore some order is by acting quickly on climate change (at the policy level), biodiversity conservation (at the police and individual level) and bringing sustainability (individual level) in the way we that we live.
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Earth Hour is an occasion that should be used to initiate conversations between governments and people on how to restore the balance of nature.
The health crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic should be treated as a warning sign: wake up now or die.
For those who still don’t believe that climate change is real, they should look around to see how the frequency and duration of extreme weather events like heat waves, cyclones, floods, droughts, etc. has increased in recent years and how these extreme events occur. having an effect on humans and the ecosystem.
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India’s air quality has deteriorated rapidly. In fact, air pollution has become the third leading cause of death in the country (preceded by food risks and high blood pressure). It’s no wonder that 21 of the 30 most polluted cities in the world are in India. Contrary to common belief, air pollution is not only harmful to human health, it also affects agricultural production and accelerates climate change. There is a direct link between climate change and air pollution.
As a first step, India should make renewable energy (solar, wind, biomass) its primary energy source very soon and avoid coal altogether. The Sun God has been very kind to us, so we must wholeheartedly promote and accept solar energy. In addition, the geography and topography of our country makes it ideal also to take advantage of wind energy. Biomass is generated on large-scale farms. Instead of burning farm stubble and even dry leaves, we should use them to generate energy or at least put them back in the soil and increase the nutritional value of the soil.
While it is necessary to adopt renewable energy, it is equally important to increase energy efficiency. A joint study by WWF-India and TERI, The Energy Report – India: 100% Renewable Energy by 2050, highlighted that aggressive efficiency improvements on the supply and demand side of energy have the potential to reduce total demand of energy by about 59 percent in India.
We ordinary people must support our legislators by adopting clean energy sources and introducing the necessary behavior changes. In addition, we must create awareness, consume responsibly and constantly seek technological solutions that reduce the human burden on Mother Earth. We must also engage with the political class, demanding actions to mitigate climate change and air pollution.
Occasions like Earth Hour provide an excellent opportunity to showcase the collective power of society by demanding transformative change in the way we treat our land and the efforts we can make to conserve it.
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Although Earth Hour has symbolic value, it is more than turning off the lights and fans for an hour. It demonstrates our commitment to accept innovations in clean technologies that reduce damage to our ecosystems.
What’s new this time in Earth Hour?
This year, amid today’s global circumstances, in addition to turning off the lights, WWF has invited people to raise awareness and create the same unmissable view online, for the world to see our planet, the problems we face, and our place. inside. that in a new light. Click here to find out more: https://www.earthhour.org/take-part
WWF will post a video around 8.30pm on Saturday (March 27) and expect social media users to share it with their contacts in large numbers using #earthhour
