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| Earth Hour: landmarks to switch off lights to help save planet | Earth Hour: landmarks to switch off lights to help save planet |
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| More than 100 landmarks across the UK, from Buckingham Palace to Edinburgh Castle, are switching off their lights to mark this year’s Earth Hour. | |
| The lights will go off at famous buildings and structures across the country between 8.30pm and 9.30pm on Saturday as part of the international event organised by conservation charity WWF to urge action to save the planet. | The lights will go off at famous buildings and structures across the country between 8.30pm and 9.30pm on Saturday as part of the international event organised by conservation charity WWF to urge action to save the planet. |
| Sydney Opera House, Egypt’s Great Pyramids, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer monument and the Empire State Building in New York are among the sites worldwide where the lights will be switched off. | Sydney Opera House, Egypt’s Great Pyramids, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer monument and the Empire State Building in New York are among the sites worldwide where the lights will be switched off. |
| 'It's more than just turning off the lights': what else to do for Earth Hour | 'It's more than just turning off the lights': what else to do for Earth Hour |
| Landmarks, businesses and people switch their lights off for an hour of darkness as part of the event, which aims to highlight the impact humans are having on the planet through climate change, pollution, plastic and food production. | Landmarks, businesses and people switch their lights off for an hour of darkness as part of the event, which aims to highlight the impact humans are having on the planet through climate change, pollution, plastic and food production. |
| Millions of people in more than 7,000 cities in more than 170 countries are expected to take part this year, to send a message to leaders that protecting the Earth should be top of their agenda, WWF said. | Millions of people in more than 7,000 cities in more than 170 countries are expected to take part this year, to send a message to leaders that protecting the Earth should be top of their agenda, WWF said. |
| In the UK, the Houses of Parliament, the London Eye, the Shard, Cardiff Castle, Liverpool Cathedral, Old Trafford, Brighton Pier and the Eden Project are among the landmarks participating. | |
| Last year across the UK, 10 million people took part, along with more than 7,000 schools, 400 landmarks and thousands of businesses and organisations, the charity said. | Last year across the UK, 10 million people took part, along with more than 7,000 schools, 400 landmarks and thousands of businesses and organisations, the charity said. |
| WWF said people living today were the first generation to experience the effects of climate change and the last to be able to change it. | |
| The charity is encouraging people to pledge personal actions as part of this year’s Earth Hour, such as turning the washing machine down to 30C (86F), avoiding single-use plastics, planning a staycation, changing the way they eat or helping restore nature in their local area. | The charity is encouraging people to pledge personal actions as part of this year’s Earth Hour, such as turning the washing machine down to 30C (86F), avoiding single-use plastics, planning a staycation, changing the way they eat or helping restore nature in their local area. |
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