Hal ini pertama kali terjadidi Sydney, Australia pada tahun 2007 dan dengan cepat berkembang menjadi perhatian dunia. Lebih dari 1000 kota pada 80 negara melakukannya pada Sabtu, 28 Maret 2009 yang dikenal dengan EARTH HOUT 2009. Baik rumah, perkantoran dan landmark-landmark di jakarta mematikan lampu mereka selama sejam, dimulai pada pukul 8.30 PM waktu setempat. Hal ini dilakukan untuk meningkat kesadaran masyarakat akan perubahan iklim dan ancaman yang timbul dari emisi gas rumah kaca.Di bawah ini terdapat beberapa gambar aksi EARTH HOUR 2009 yang dilakukan di berbagai kota di berbagai belahan dunia. Sumber gambar diambil dari sini
Started in Sydney, Australia in 2007, Earth Hour quickly grew into a global observance. More than 1,000 cities in over 80 countries observed Earth Hour 2009 on Saturday March 28th, as homes, office towers and landmarks turned off their lights for an hour starting at 8.30 pm local time to raise awareness about climate change and the threat from rising greenhouse gas emissions.Collected here are a series of before-and-after photographs - which (starting with the second one below) will fade between "on" and "off" when clicked.
Photographs taken before and after the lights at the main roundabout at the main business district are turned off during Earth Hour in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade - javascript required] (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Lights are turned off at 8:30pm at Nokia Plaza at the LA Live entertainment complex in downtown Los Angeles, California on March 28, 2009 during a celebration to mark Earth Hour. [click image to see it fade - javascript required] (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
The Eiffel Tower before and during Earth Hour in Paris, France on March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade - javascript required] (REUTERS/Benoit Tessier)
The Bund on the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China before and during Earth Hour on March 28, 2009. [click image to see it fade - javascript required] (REUTERS/Aly Song)
A combination of handout pictures shows a view of the Taipei 101 building before and after (L-R) Earth Hour in Taipei March 28, 2009
Sumber:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/earth_hour_2009.html
http://www.earthhour.wwf.or.id/
http://www.earthhour.wwf.or.id/news.php
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/an-hour-to-help-save-the-earth/
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