Earth Hour

Earth Hour is an annual international event held by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Held on the last or penultimate Saturday of March at 8:30 pm Kyiv time and calls on everyone - individuals, organizations, schools, municipalities, commercial institutions - to turn off the lights for one hour to stimulate interest in the problem of climate change, light pollution and other environmental issues. topics. For the first time this event was organized by the World Wildlife Fund in Australia in conjunction with the publication The Sydney Morning Herald in 2007, already the next year received worldwide support, and in 2009 it became the most massive event in the history of mankind - according to WWF estimates. touched more than a billion people on the planet.

In more than 180 countries of the world, decorative illumination of streets, public recreation areas, illumination of architectural monuments, government agencies, shopping centers, etc., will go out for one hour. Millions of people will turn off the lights in their homes. Ukraine has been an active participant in this campaign for 11 years and every year we see an increase in interest in it, both ordinary citizens and representatives of government, business, education and culture. Already about 70 cities have officially joined Earth Hour. Hundreds of organizations, businesses and educational institutions organize educational events in support of the campaign and the economical use of nature.

Everyone can see firsthand how on March 30, at 20:30, they turn off their lighting: the Archcathedral Cathedral of St. Jura and the TV tower at the High Castle in Lviv; Primorsky Boulevard, Dumskaya Square and the City Council in Odessa; Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Vinnitsa; Holy Annunciation Cathedral in Kharkov; Lutsk and Ternopil castles, Khotyn fortress and other famous attractions and objects throughout the country.