Earth Hour

After seeing several posters promoting a -light free- hour on Saturday night at my school entitled; Earth Hour! I wanted to know more. I found from 8:30 -9:30pm this Saturday, we, along with lots more people are supposed to turn off our lights. But why? After doing a little research I found the International Earth Hour is an event developed by the WWF - no not the World Wrestling Federation - the World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund and each year on the last Saturday of March, it is held. It asks businesses and households to turn off their non-essential lights and electronics to help the enviroment. It all started in Sydney, Australia and has been passed on to other cities. After researching the WWF, I found that is the largest independent conservation organization with over 5 million supporters worldwide. It's a charity having 9% of it's funding from voluntary donations by individuals and businesses. Organizations like Coca-Cola are even turning off their signs to support Earth Hour. So Turn it off.