The lights went out for an hour in thousands of places across the globe to raise awareness about the impact of energy use on climate change on March 19th. Earth Hour 2016 was between 8:30pm and 9:30 in the local time of the city that was participating. The event encouraged individuals, communities, households, and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a symbol for their commitment to the planet.
Countries that participated in the Earth Hour City Challenge: Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, USA, and Vietnam.
This year's theme celebrated "Places We Love"--the mountains, rivers, beaches, reefs, forests, and national parks that organizers say are in peril from climate change. Seattle was one of the cities that participated in the Earth Hour City Challenge this year, resulting in the Space Needle going dark for one hour (see above photo).
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says Seattle is one of the success stories. Along with efforts to reduce fuel consumption by 1 million gallons, Seattle has ambitious plans to reach it's goal of eliminating carbon emissions by 2050.
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