{"id":7275,"date":"2022-02-04T13:48:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T13:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/?p=7275"},"modified":"2024-11-26T21:56:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T21:56:58","slug":"earth-hour-and-why-celebrate-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/browser-extension\/earth-hour-and-why-celebrate-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Hour and why celebrate it at 8:30 PM?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><div><div><a href=\"#introduction\">Introduction<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#what-when-and-why-earth-hour\">What, When, and Why Earth Hour?<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#how-can-i-join-virtually-online\">How can I join virtually online?<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#faq\">FAQ<\/a><div><div><a href=\"#faq-question-1700304837001\">What is Earth Hour and why it is celebrated?<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#faq-question-1700304840237\">What time is Earth Hour today?<\/a><\/div><div><a href=\"#faq-question-1700304849369\">How can I support online Earth Hour?<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"introduction\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Earth Hour is an international event that calls on households and businesses to switch off the lights and other electrical equipment in their homes for 1 hour. The event takes place every year at the end of March, on the weekend on which DST starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DST abbreviation means Daylight Saving Time. The idea behind summertime is set in place by the government as that one could cut back on (electric) lighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-when-and-why-earth-hour\">What, When, and Why Earth Hour?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, at 8:30 pm on the last Saturday of March, millions of people across the world show their support for our planet, raising awareness of nature loss and climate change &#8211; the two biggest threats facing our one home.&nbsp;Join millions of people around the world and switch off your lights in support of nature and our planet on Saturday, 26 March 2022 at 8:30 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is all started by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldwildlife.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WWF organization<\/a> (World Wildlife Fund) and its partners as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthhour.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">symbolic lights-out event<\/a>. That happened in Sydney in 2007. Earth Hour is now one of the world&#8217;s largest grassroots movements for the environment. And is now held every year on the last Saturday of March, Earth Hour engages millions of people in more than 190 countries and territories, switching off their lights to show support for our planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Our Planet: How to Save Our Frozen Worlds\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NKl2e8ueEEU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our Planet: How to Save Our Frozen Worlds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-can-i-join-virtually-online\">How can I join virtually online?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can take the first step and join this virtually on any computer and mobile device. You only need a modern web browser. Then you can install the free and Open-Source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turn Off the Lights browser extension<\/a> and dim the current web page. When you install the browser extension you will see it add a gray lamp button in your web browser toolbar (or in the extension panel where you can pin it to the toolbar). Then with a single click on this gray lamp icon, it will dim the web page. And highlight the video player if it is available on the current web page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The browser extension is available for all major web browsers such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Maxthon, Vivaldi, Brave, Yandex, and Microsoft Edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/earth-hour-time-do-light-off-1024x662.png\" alt=\"Earth Hour is part of saving the planet Earth, here is a video frame from the National Geographic Earth 101 YouTube video.\" class=\"wp-image-7278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/earth-hour-time-do-light-off-1024x662.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/earth-hour-time-do-light-off-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/earth-hour-time-do-light-off-768x496.png 768w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/earth-hour-time-do-light-off-1536x993.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/earth-hour-time-do-light-off-2048x1324.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/earth-hour-time-do-light-off-150x97.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Earth Hour is part of saving the planet Earth, here is a video frame from the National Geographic Earth 101 YouTube video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, it has many other amazing options that you can configure on the Options page. For example, inside Turn Off the Lights, you can enable the Night Mode feature to convert all websites to your personal dark mode theme. That is harmony the same on all sites you visited. Or enable the YouTube AutoHD feature to reduce the YouTube video quality to a non HD version. So you reduce the CO2 emission for the web server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you like our work, do not forget to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">make a small contribution<\/a> to keep the free browser extension online and available for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faq\">FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list \">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1700304837001\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What is Earth Hour and why it is celebrated?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>What is &#8220;Earth Hour&#8221;?\u00a0The annual tradition of shutting down electric lights for one hour\u00a0was started by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The aim was to encourage individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off all non-essential lights for an entire hour symbolizing their commitment to the planet Earth.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1700304840237\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What time is Earth Hour today?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Every year, at\u00a0<strong>8:30 pm<\/strong>\u00a0on the last Saturday of March, millions of people across the world show their support for our planet, raising awareness of nature loss and climate change &#8211; the two biggest threats facing our one home.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-1700304849369\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How can I support online Earth Hour?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>To support this Earth Hour you can dim the current web page with the free and Open-Source Turn Off the Lights browser extension. And if you like our work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnoffthelights.com\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">please donate a small amount<\/a> to keep it free and online for everyone.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Earth Hour is an international event that calls on households and businesses to switch off the lights and other electrical equipment in their homes for 1 hour. The event takes place every year at the end of March, on the weekend on which DST starts. DST abbreviation means Daylight Saving Time. 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