Earth Hour
Pope Francis’ encyclical on ecology, the opening words of a canticle written by St Francis of Assisi, provides an authoritative contribution to Catholic Social Teaching in the worldwide movement on climate change. The Holy Father supports the Earth Hour by encouraging us to switch off our lights on Saturday 24 March at 8.30pm.
Saturday 24 March – lights out at 8:30pm
WWF’s Earth Hour is the biggest movement to protect our planet.
Hundreds of millions of people around the planet take part in WWF’s Earth Hour every year. Last year around 9 million took part in the UK alone.
People do a wide range of things around the hour to show they care about our planet’s future. Millions choose to mark Earth Hour by going ‘lights out’ for 60 minutes at 8.30pm – a symbolic show of solidarity for the planet.
The world’s biggest landmarks – like Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, and Edinburgh Castle – switch off lights as a visual display of their commitment too.
Your support for Earth Hour, and for WWF’s work in general, has helped us find solutions for the environmental challenges we face the world over. This includes influencing national climate policies, planting new forests in Uganda, and banning plastic in the Galapagos.
This year, we want to get as many people in the UK to make a promise for the planet as we can.
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