SYDNEY MORNING HERALD SPREADS ITS EARTH HOUR ACROSS THE EARTH
January 21st 2008 02:05
The Sydney Morning Herald’s editor Alan Oakley has called onto the World Editors Forum to spread the word to newspapers and individuals to participate in this year’s Earth Hour.
The Forum’s Editors Weblog reports that Earth Hour, an initiative supported by The Sydney Morning Herald, aims to get people worldwide involved in the struggle against climate change and excessive energy consumption by having them switch off their lights at a given hour.
On March 31 2007, 2.2 million people and 2100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour. This effort reduced Sydney’s energy consumption by 10.2 percent for one hour – the equivalent of taking 48,000 cars off the road for an hour.
As of now, over 3,600 people and 220 businesses have signed up for Earth Hour 2008.
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