A trecut febra, a trecut data de 28 şi evenimentul Ora Planetei.

SalvaEco şi ei care au contribuit la petrecerea evenimentului şi la desfăşurarea campaniei de informare ştiu că munca nu a fost în zadar. 

Despre cum s-a petrecut evenimentul la nivel global, gasiţi informaţie mai jos, şi pînă o traduc, e disponibila în engleză. :)

Lights switched off where light bulb invented
Some of the United State’s best known skylines darkened on Saturday
night, from Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las
Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York, Salt Lake City, St.
Louis, Tucson and Federal capital Washington, D.C. – a place where the
world is looking to a new administration for clear indications of a
global view of the climate change issue.

In Pennsylvania, California, Arkansas, New Mexico and Michigan
participation in Earth Hour was officially a statewide activity.

In one highly symbolic action, the lights went out at the location most
often associated with the invention of the incandescent light bulb -
Thomas Edison’s laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey.  In New York,
the great skyscrapers of the Chrysler Building and the Empire State
Building darkened for the event, along with some neon signs in Times
Square and theatre marquees in nearby Broadway.

Most symbolically, for a world faced with global climate catastrophe,
the lights also went out at UN Headquarters, having earlier been
extinguished at other UN offices such as the Palais des Nations in
Geneva, Switzerland.

The US participation in Earth Hour sent a clear message that Americans
cared about the future of the planet and would stand with the rest of
the world in seeking to find solutions to the escalating climate crisis,
WWF-US said.

“The true power of Earth Hour can be seen in the tremendous
opportunity for individuals, communities, businesses, and governments
around the world to unite for a common purpose, against a common threat
which affects us all,” said WWF-US President and CEO Carter Roberts.

“As the world witnessed Saturday night, the simple action of turning
off lights can inspire people around the world to take action, and to
make a serious long-term commitment to living more sustainable lives.
On behalf of WWF, I want to thank all participants for making Earth Hour
a truly memorable hour for the entire planet.”

In Washington, D.C. families organized a candle-light walk to observe
the city in the dark against a darkened Capitol Dome.

In Nashville and Los Angeles crowds gathered to watch their Mayors flip
the switch and kick off Earth Hour in their cities. In Chicago families
gathered around flashlights to play board games.

The enthusiasm for turning lights out extended to one of the most
notoriously over lit places on earth – the Las Vegas Strip noted for its
myriad casinos and all-night attractions.
Vegas, The New York New York Hotel and Casino colored the tops of its
miniature New York skyline green in support of Earth Hour.

Elsewhere on the Strip, the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino added
the Earth Hour logo to its Marquee. Thousands of people downtown
gathered to be part of this global event and witness a live countdown on
the Fremont Street Experience Canopy. Glow sticks were handed out just
prior to city leaders plunging the strip into dark.

Further west, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco turned off for
Earth Hour.  Other US icons to go dark included the St. Louis Gateway
Arch, the Church of Latter-Day Saints Temple in Salt Lake City, the
National Cathedral in Washington D.C, the Space Needle in Seattle and
the Santa Monica Pier & Ferris Wheel and Nokia Plaza in Los Angeles.
Earth Hour apparently also drew the spontaneous support of some Honolulu
businesses, while local media reported that the Bishop Museum, the
state’s largest and repository of the most notable collection of
Hawaiian royal artifacts, had turned off its lights.

US corporate icons The Coca-Cola Company, Wells Fargo and
Hewlett-Packard were among business supporters of the event.

Canada surpasses itself

Canada, an enthusiastic participant in the 2008 Earth Hour event,
surpassed itself this year and has the electricity consumption figures
to prove it.  Utilities in Toronto, reported a 15.1 percent drop in
electricity use over the hour, compared to 8.7 percent during Earth Hour
2008.

Canada, with 258 cities, towns and municipalities signed up for Earth
Hour, hosted dozens of public events including star gazing, magic shows,
and even yoga lessons in the dark.

Toronto’s iconic skyline was dramatically darkened as famous buildings
such as the CN Tower, along with thousands of other businesses and
individuals in the city switched off their lights. An estimated 10 to
15,000 people attended a free concert at Toronto’s City Hall to mark
Earth Hour.

Canada is home to many of the world’s remaining polar bears, two
thirds of which could be lost during the next 50 years because of
climate change, according to recent comprehensive analyses by the U.S.
Geological Survey and the World Conservation Union.
Exuberant Earth Hour in Brazil

Brazilian emblem, the 38 meter tall Christ the Redeemer statue on
Corcovado Mountain overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro was the most
widely known icon to switch from floodlights to no lights for the hour.

Elsewhere, however, WWF-Brazil reported a country “partying in the
dark” – more or less what the rest of the world would expect.

In Belém, there was a Boi Bumbá presentation, a popular regional
festival. In Brasília, a percussion concert began after the lights went
off. In Manaus, Imbaúba Group played acoustic music inspired by the
sounds of the Amazon. And in Rio de Janeiro Afro Reggae played a concert
in which all musicians were covered in phosphorescent body paint.

Some 101 Brazilian cities and towns participated in Earth Hour in
addition to 480 community organizations and 1,000 private businesses.
Small cities all over the country joined in, WWF-Brazil reported, with
Juazeiro do Norte, in Ceará, turning off the lights of Priest Cícero
statue, a symbol of the religiosity of the Northeastern population. Ouro
Preto, an ancient village in Minas Gerais, turned off the lights of the
colonial buildings.

“Brazil is the ninth economy of the world, and plays an important
role between developing countries, as a leader at international
negotiations on climate changes,” WWF-Brazil’s CEO, Denise Hamú
said. “We must set an example for fair and sustainable
development.”

Brazil and other Amazon basin countries are looking to the Copenhagen
climate conference in December to come up with new measures to avoid
deforestation, a major cause of greenhouse gas emissions.

In Colombia, residents of nine cities – including major urban centers
such as Bogota, Medellin, and Cartagena – turned their lights off for
Earth Hour.

Medellin’s mayor took the opportunity at an unrelated cocktail party
to address 1,500 people about Earth landmarks, the Murallas de Cartagena
and the San Felipe Fortress.

Time to act

“Earth Hour 2009 was an incredible success,” said WWF International
Director General James Leape. “If you participated in Earth Hour,
thank you, your participation made that success possible.

“But whether your participated or not, the work continues, because
over the next six months, the leaders of the world will be deciding how
they step up to meet this challenge, and we need, together, to make sure
they do the right thing.

“Join with us to take the fight from Earth Hour to December when
those leaders gather in Copenhagen to agree on a solution to Climate
Change. Together, we can make sure this problem is met.”