{"id":4251,"date":"2009-03-03T13:40:26","date_gmt":"2009-03-03T19:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2009-03-03T13:40:26","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T19:40:26","slug":"nobel-peace-prize-winner-desmond-tutu-supports-earth-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/nobel-peace-prize-winner-desmond-tutu-supports-earth-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Peace Prize Winner Desmond Tutu Supports Earth Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n All anyone has to do is sit, relax, socialize. Maybe in the dark, maybe by candle light. Whatever. It’s a World Wildlife Fund-led global party that may just offer city-dwellers the stars above, a rarely viewable pleasure for sure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tutu is on the bandwagon, saying:<\/p>\n Earth Hour is an opportunity for every man, woman and child from all corners of the globe to come together with a united voice and make a loud and powerful statement on the issue of climate change.<\/p>\n If we all perform this one simple act together, it will send a message to our governments too powerful for them to ignore. They will know the eyes of the world are watching.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Two years ago, when Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million households dropped the switch, killing the lights for that one hour. Now, the goal is to get 1 billion people to make the move, the tiny move, of turning off the lights.<\/p>\n Around 750 cities in 80 countries have signed up for the effort. And countless individuals and families are on board, too.<\/p>\n Critics say, “What’s the point?” Well, sure, this one hour’s worth of electricity savings doesn’t revolutionize the world, but to see the numbers of conscious Earth Hour supporters swell from 2 million to 1 billion in only 700+ days? That should warm the heart that people care and, when united, can make a difference.<\/p>\n This isn’t about turning back climate change in one hour. It’s about unification of purpose and spirit. So join Desmond Tutu. Would a Nobel Peace Prize winner steer us wrong?<\/p>\nArchbishop Desmond Tutu is getting behind the symbolic call for global action against climate change that is Earth Hour<\/a>. From 8:30-9:30 p.m. (local time) on Saturday, March 28, major swaths of urbanized Earth will go dark in the name of unity.<\/strong><\/h3>\n