Earth hour in America and Pacific ocean
| Earth hour in America and Pacific ocean |
| Wednesday, 30 March 2011 02:15 |
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Brazil Continues to engage Earth hour (EH) with new record number: 124 cities participating in 2011 compared with 98 in 2010, equivalent to 2 / 3 cities in all five centers across the country domain. The most famous symbol of Brazil - Messiah statue in Rio was off-light along with 300 other national icons during the hour. In particular, in the city of Xapuri, event Earth Hour was held at the house where the environmental activist Chico Mendes was assassinated in 1988 for his fight against deforestation. U.S. One of the most prominent activities is a group of girls from Louisiana to Missouri, Utah and Indiana took the lead in EH campaigns. In Los Angeles, local soldiers also turned their lights off. All 96 of the UN building in New York blackout. Broadway Theatre in New York also turned off the lights and advertising signs. Along with many buildings in Times Square, the building of New York (the Empire State Building) also responded Contest. Caesar Hotel in Las Vegas and 40 hotels in its system turned the lights off. Moreover, Caesar is one of the hotel chain achieves CodeGreen standard, a standard system of environment focuses on managing core issues such as energy, waste, water management and carbon emissions. Hundreds of thousands of buildings across the country also turned off the lights during the EH. Canada 2010, the EH Organizers in Canada was extremely happy with the number of cities / towns participating record: 304. But in 2011, they have established a new record that's 422 cities / towns involved in the event. Along with hundreds of thousands of other buildings across the country, 30 landmarks were lights off, such as the CN Tower, the Parliament building; the Niagara fall and Lions Gate Bridge. This year, Canada emphasizes the message of "clean energy", calling people to let the spirit of EH by supporting this objective, a key solution to climate change. Republic of Trinidad and Tobago This year is the first year Trinidad and Tobago participated in EH. Four radio and television stations have a minute of silence to commemorate the victims of Japan. Venezuela Co-Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, Mr. Juan Carlos Sánchez has agreed to become a Global Ambassador of EH to attend a concert in the Unplugged EH . The campaign also received the backing of Venezuela's Miss Earth 2011. Peru Many cities and towns around the ancient Incas, Titicaca lake and the Ramsar (the largest wetlands in the world) are in the darkness during the EH. Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Belize, Mexico EH events also involved many famous national icon lights off. To have beautiful pictures and videos on the world EH, please visit: http://www.earthhour.org/mediasite/globalpressrelease.aspx |
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