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Romania turns lights off for Earth Hour

Romania will join the annual global campaign Earth Hour for the second time. At 8.30pm on March 27 the lights will go out in various Romanian cities for one hour. This year, WWF Romania has also launched the web page www.earth-hour.ro, the campaign’s communication platform, where anyone can sign up as a supporter of the cause.

British ambassador to Romania Robin Barnett and Zoli Toth, the frontman of the rock band Sistem, are acting as spokespeople for the initiative. “Around 15 billion tons of carbon dioxide are released annually into the atmosphere as a result of activities that we have complete control over, such as personal transport, heating and lighting. We can fight against climate change if we make the right choices every day. I especially admire the Earth Hour initiative because it shows us what effect we can have on the planet’s resources in a single hour of average energy consumption,” said the British ambassador.

Last year, approximately one billion people from 4,100 cities all over the world switched off the lights to send world leaders a message on the need to take action regarding climate change. Earth Hour 2009 became the largest environmental campaign of all time. The global initiative is supported by 92 countries. Romania is on the list of participants, with 22 cities having answered the invitation of the World Wide Fund. All these cities will switch off the lights at their landmark buildings, monuments and institutional headquarters, while promoting the Earth Hour message among their citizens or organizing events on March 27.

Otilia Haraga

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