Earth Hour 2008

30 Mar 2008

Stop Climate Chaos supported this year's Earth Hour, which took place between 8pm and 9pm on March 29th. Earth Hour seeks to inspire people to take action on climate change by having individuals, businesses and public offices turn off all lights for one hour.

Last year, 2.2 million people and 2100 businesses in Sydney turned off their lights, reducing the city's energy consumption by 10.2% - the equivalent of taking 48,000 cars off the roads for one hour. This year's Earth Hour took place on March 29th between 8pm and 9pm.

In 2008, the campaign was adopted by 24 cities including Adelaide, Atlanta, Bangkok, Brisbane, Canberra, Chicago, Christchurch, Copenhagen, Dublin, Manila, Melbourne, Montreal, Odense, Ottawa, Perth, Phoenix, San Francisco, Suva, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Toronto, and Vancouver.

In Ireland, more than 30,000 homes took part and many public buildings switched off all non-essential lighting. In total, there was a 1.5 per cent reduction in energy use.

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