Wikinews

Sydney holds voluntary one hour blackout

There are no reviewed versions of this page, so it may not have been checked for adherence to standards.


Saturday, March 31, 2007

Share this:  E-mail this story Share on Facebook Share on reddit.com Share on LinkedIn.com Share on twitter.com


This page has been automatically archived by a robot, and is no longer publicly editable.

Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators.

Please note that the listed sources may no longer be available online.
Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during Earth hour

Many lights in Sydney, Australia's largest city, were turned off for one hour at 19:30 local time (09:30 UTC) on March 31, 2007 to raise awareness of climate change. This Earth hour, which was organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), received support from the government of New South Wales, many environmental groups and some businesses.

Many famous buildings such as the Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Luna Park took part.

Organisers also hoped the event would encourage Australians to conserve energy, claiming if various electronics were switched off when they were not in use the country's greenhouse gas emissions could reduce by up to 5%.

Commons
Commons
Wikimedia Commons has more media related to:

Sources

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Sydney_holds_voluntary_one_hour_blackout"