Save Earth Mama; switch off lights for 60 minutes
New Delhi, Mar 28: On Saturday, Mar 28, Millions of people world wide will be taking a stand towards calling for action on climate change by participating in the 'Earth Hour'. Millions of people will switch off their lights on Saturday, Mar 28 from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm.
From Kochi to Shimla and Guwahati to Ahmedabad citizens, corporates and governments are joining this campaign to voice their concern.
Some
of
Mumbai"s
best
known
landmarks,
like
the
Reserve
Bank
of
India
and
Air
India
building
will
be
switching
off.
In
Delhi,
PVR
Cinemas,
and
educational
institutions
like
Delhi
University,
Jamia
Milia
are
joining
in.
Hotels
chains
including
ITC
Welcome
and
Indian
IT
giants
like
Wipro
and
Infosys,
leading
banks
such
as
ICICI,
HDFC,
HSBC,
Standard
Chartered,
ING
Vyasa,
industry
leaders
Godrej
Group,
Genpact,
Tata
Indicom,
Nokia,
Nestle,
and
many
more
have
come
forward
to
observe
Earth
Hour.
Ravi
Singh,
Secretary
General
and
CEO,
WWF-India,
addressing
the
media
said,
“It
is
heartening
to
learn
the
tremendous
support
that
the
campaign
is
receiving
from
all
sections
of
the
society
across
the
country.
Earth
Hour
shows
the
power
of
collective
action
towards
a
vote
for
the
planet".
Celebrities like Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachhan, Sachin Tendulkar and several other prominent individuals have extended their support for the campaign and urged citizens to turn off their lights. Noble peace prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu and UN secretary General Ban Ki Moon have also supported this campaign and have appealed global citizens to sign up.
Earth Hour 2009 is reaching out to 1 billion people across the world. It was initiated in Australia on Mar 31, 2007 where 2 million people and two thousand corporate houses turned out their lights for one hour and became a part of the event. The campaign became wider with 35 countries and about 50 million people participating across the globe in 2008. So far over 2000 cities from 85 countries will be participating in this campaign.
To join the movement log on to http://earthhour.in/ and save earth by switching off lights.
OneIndia News