Earth Hour

According to Daina Steinberga, the communications manager of the World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour will take place on March 25 at 8:30 PM this year. During this hour, everyone is invited to turn off their lights, dedicating one hour to our planet Earth, symbolically coming together and expressing support for stopping climate change and preserving biodiversity.

Earth Hour first took place in 2007 when more than 2.2 million residents and 2000 businesses in Sydney turned off their lights for an hour. Currently, Earth Hour is observed worldwide, showing support for reducing climate change. Latvia also participates. Every year during this hour, a part of the world plunges into darkness, and lighting is also turned off or reduced in Riga Castle, Freedom Monument, Vansu and Railway Bridges, the House of the Blackheads, and other public buildings.

During Earth Hour, lights are turned off both in people's homes and public places, drawing attention of the society. The more of us join this hour, the sooner we will realize that our world needs protection, that mass extinction of species and various disasters that increasingly affect the world require urgent action. This one hour is symbolic, but each of us can participate in saving the planet by changing habits and living in an environmentally friendly way within our means. If everyone did so, we would discover that such action is not difficult at all.

On March 23 at 7:00 PM, a concert dedicated to Earth Hour will take place at the Latvian Railway Museum, featuring singer Grēta Grantiņa, cello trio "Melo-M", and Igo.

For more information: https://lv-pdf.panda.org/virzieni/klimats/zemes_stunda/