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地球一小时 Earth Hour

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24EN编者按:地球一小时是一个全球性节能活动,于3月29日本地时间晚上8时至9时,家庭及商界用户于该时段内关上电灯及不必要的耗电产品一小时。借此活动希望能推动电源管理,减少二氧化碳的排放量,并减少过量电灯所引起的光污染问题。与此同时,当天亦是美国国家暗天周2008的开始。

该活动由环保团体世界自然基金会澳大利亚及悉尼晨锋报(Sydney Morning Herald)合作发起,并于澳大利亚悉尼当地时间2007年3月31日,晚上7:30至8:30期间举行了第一次活动。地球时刻2007有近二百二十万人参与,相信节省了当天悉尼市市电电源的2.2%至10.2%。踏入2008年,该活动被推广到世界各地,全球40多个城市,近380个城镇接力执行该活动。

 

Earth Hour is an annual international event created by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), held on the last Saturday of March, that asks households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take action on climate change. Based on an idea successfully executed in Thailand in 2005, it was pioneered by WWF Australia and the Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, and achieved worldwide participation in 2008.


Earth Hour will next take place on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 8:30 pm, local time.

 

Earth Hour 2007

Earth Hour was held in Sydney, Australia at 7:30 pm, local time.

 

Earth Hour 2008

The official website for the event, earthhour.org, received over 6.7 million unique visitors in the week leading up to Earth Hour. Other websites took part in the event, with Google"s homepage going "dark" on the day Earth Hour took place.

According to a Zogby International online survey 36 million people participated in Earth Hour 2008. The survey also showed there was a 4 percentage point increase in awareness of environmental issues such as climate change, directly after the event. (However a search of Zogby"s website and archive fails to produce any such survey or reference to the event)

 

Earth Hour 2009

Earth Hour 2009 is from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time, March 28 2009. Currently, 82 countries and more than 2100 cities are "committed to Earth Hour 2009", a huge increase from people participating in 35 countries for Earth Hour 2008. 1 billion "votes" is the stated aim for Earth Hour 2009, in the context of the pivotal 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference. There is however doubt over the validity of this "vote" given that no account is given to those who choose to leave their lights on to express a counter opinion. Further, as this is essentially a "publicity stunt" the possibility is that "1 billion votes" will be claimed by the PR agencies involved no matter the true outcome.

 


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