{"id":21735,"date":"2026-03-29T12:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T07:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21735"},"modified":"2026-03-30T12:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:19:10","slug":"earth-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/earth-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Earth Hour Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) India, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organised awareness and outreach activities in Gwalior to mark 20 years of Earth Hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Earth Hour<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>global grassroots movement uniting<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> people to take action on environmental issues and protect the planet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>organized by the World Wildlife Fund<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (WWF).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Background:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It started <\/span><b>in Sydney, Australia, in 2007<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a symbolic lights-out event and has since grown into a global movement involving millions of people in over 190 countries and territories.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes place towards the <\/span><b>end of March every year.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Participation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEarth Hour\u201d encourages people to <\/span><b>switch off all lights for an hour, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. local time, to promote awareness of climate change challenges and energy conservation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governments and companies also <\/span><b>participate by turning off non-essential lights<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in their buildings, monuments, and landmarks to raise awareness about the impact of energy consumption on our planet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This symbolic act, <\/span><b>known as the \u2018lights off\u2019 moment<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, unites people worldwide in a show of support for the planet and serves as a reminder of the environmental issues facing us.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2246516&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Hour is a global grassroots movement uniting people to take action on environmental issues and protect the planet. 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