Earth Hour 2021: What time is it today and why is it important?



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Turn off the lights in your house for an hour: a simple idea that will bring millions of people together this year to celebrate what is known as earth hour.

Organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), this 60 minutes the celebration of our planet will take place digitally in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Earth Hour has brought together people from around the world, in more than 180 countries, for the past 13 years.

Today, the last Saturday in March, communities and businesses will turn off their lights between 8:30 and 9:30 pm local time to show care and support for planet Earth.

In 2019, the lights of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Sydney Opera House and the ancient Acropolis in Athens were even turned off.

If you decide participate digitallyBe sure to share your Earth Hour experience using the #EarthHour hashtag.

The organizers have come up with a list of 20 ways you can participate from home.

  1. Turn off your lights
  2. Dinner in the dark
  3. Join us virtually and go online to one of our live Earth Hour broadcasts
  4. Have a night of board games or book readings by candlelight
  5. Thematic Movie night
  6. Impact in just 60 seconds – sign our Voice for the Planet petition
  7. Camp in your backyard or living room
  8. Minute to win it
  9. Take a Class is in session
  10. A game related to wildlife. Notice!
  11. Practice night photography or test “light painting”
  12. Up you sustainability knowledge and know how to do
  13. Create your own mini golf course with household items
  14. Create your own Rube Goldberg machine
  15. Challenge your artistic side with a night of painting by candlelight
  16. Write a letter to your future ecological warrior self
  17. Eco fashion show
  18. Dance the whole night or hold a silent disco
  19. Acoustic improvisation session
  20. Attempt Animal Inspired Yoga at home

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