Earth Hour 2018: Join hands in dark to let the earth shine

  • | Thursday | 22nd March, 2018

Don’t lose your commitment to protect our planet. Join with #NYOOOZ Team to make your voice louder and your effort mightier. We are turning off all electric appliances to let the earth glow in its own glory. Let us know how you are celebrating the day. Share your initiatives with #SaveEarthWithNYOOOZ

The sweltering heat of the summers, the foggy choking mornings of winter has not made climate change and pollution a ravaging topic in the international forum. Every year Earth Hour is celebrated with much aplomb, but the bitter truth is not many know what the real purpose of the event is. Some even wonder what impact turning off the lights for one hour could really make. Well, Earth Hour is about so much more than saving energy. Here are 5 reasons why Earth Hour is so powerful:

Earth Hour started in Sydney Australia in 2007, but as of 2015, it has become the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment with 172 countries going dark at 8:30 pm local time.  

How does every single step count to bring a positive change?

It creates awareness: The hype leading up to Earth Hour generates an aura of knowledge about the adversities the Mother Nature is facing on account of climate change. Last year, 82 million Earth Hour videos were watched between January and March, and 7.8 million digital Earth Hour interactions took place between March 27th and 29th alone (that’s a lot of tweets!). The small initiate of switching off all the electrical devices saves tones of nonrenewable fuel, letting the mother earth to breathe healthier

Earth Hour’s official organizing foundation, the WWF, recorded over 6 hundred thousand green actions during the 2015 countdown. The WWF also uses Earth Hour to push for legislative changes, and support their other projects, including renewable energy growth and sustainable agriculture. Over 200 ambassadors raised their voices to change climate change during last year’s Earth Hour.

It creates a powerful visual impact: Last year, over 10 thousand landmarks and monuments “disappeared” including the Eiffel Tower, the London Eye and the Great Pyramids of Giza.

Logging out and turning off brings people together: No one likes to sit alone in the dark! This is why over 70 thousand Earth Hour events checked into digital maps last year.

Whether you get together with friends and family or join a community event, Earth Hour reminds us we need to come together to solve climate change.

We have the perfect way to celebrate Earth Hour this Saturday. March 24th.

Turn off your gadgets and take a stroll around the park with your colleagues

Indulge in a new hobby, plant a tree and influence your kids to get dirty with mud

Switching to the electronic mode and ditch papers, it will save trees. Use recycled paper as much as you can, and remember to set your printer settings to “two-sided”.

Every car annually emits its own weight in carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Carpool with your colleagues to connect better and in return make earth bit cleaner

Craft a paper bag and carry it for shopping. Gift your mother ear a plastic-free community and in the process hone your creative skills

Don’t lose your commitment to protect our planet. Join with #NYOOOZ Team to make your voice louder and your effort mightier. We are turning off all electric appliances to let the earth glow in its own glory. Let us know how you are celebrating the day. Share your initiatives with #SaveEarthWithNYOOOZ


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