A global event in which the most famous landmarks of the earth are grazed
Darkness in many famous landmarks and homes around the world will be darkened on a day of the year, due to a global event called Earth Hour.
Last year, 9 million people in Britain alone participated in this initiative. Not to mention some of the most famous landmarks, including Sydney's Opera House, the Eiffel Tower and Buckingham Palace. But what is Earth Hour?
Earth Hour initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) began to advocate for greater action on climate change. By encouraging millions of people around the world to turn off lights and electrical appliances for 60 minutes, they show their interest in the future of the planet.
Earth Hour 2018 will be the eleventh year of the initiative. The event began in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million people and 2100 companies switched off the lights for an hour.
Last year, 180 countries joined the initiative, as did 400 prominent teachers, in support of the WWF campaign.
WWF hopes Earth Hour will inspire people to become more environmentally friendly and move on to "sustainable life" options, including home energy consumption and environmental transportation choice.
Earth Hour 2018 will start at 8:30 pm GMT (11.30 Moscow time) on Saturday 24 March and will last for 60 minutes. Lights are to be turned off at 172 landmarks in Britain.
The WWF box shows the list of things to do at Earth Hour, including candlelit parties on the streets, and fires with friends.
The United States joined the campaign in 2017 by turning off the lights of the Empire State Building in New York, Russia extinguishing St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, and the Kremlin wall in the red square.
Earth Hour is different from Earth Day, which aims to promote 100% plastic recycling, corporate and government accountability, and changing human behavior related to plastics.
