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One of the global problems that each and everyone is experiencing is the Global Warming which can also be associated to climate change. This is due to some contributing factors such as energy released by the big and small companies across the globe. Because of what’s happening, World Wide Fund for Nature or also called as World Wildlife Fund which is an organization who is working on issues about the preservation of our environment, organized an event called Earth Hour which is held every 3rd month of the year, March. Earth Hour started in Australia in which 2.2million people participated. The people turned off their unnecessary lights for an hour. Because of its success, many cities around the world adopted the event in 2008. During the 2009 Earth Hour movement, 611 MWh of electricity was able to saved by Philippines which was equivalent to shutting off dozen of coal-fired power plants for an hour. This year, 2010, 120 countries will participate the event. That means that even the well recognized countries will participate. This will be on March 27, 2010, from 8:30 to 9:30PM local time. Earth Hour 2010 is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →