EARTH_HOUR.ppt

By Shenhui 2013.4.18 Environmental Protection is a practice of protecting the natural environment on individual, organizational or governmental levels, for the benefit of the natural environment and humans. Environmental protection is influenced by three interwoven factors: environmental legislation, ethics and education. Each of these factors plays its part in influencing national-level environmental decisions and personal-level environmental values and behaviors. For environmental protection to become a reality, it is important for societies to develop each of these areas that, together, will inform and drive environmental decisions. Earth Hour is a worldwide event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature WWF and held towards the end of March annually. Encouraging households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change. Earth Hour The event, conceived by WWF and Leo Burnett, first took place in 2007, when 2.2 million residents of Sydney participated by turning off all non-essential lights. Following Sydneys lead, many other cities around the world adopted the event in 2008. Earth Hour 2013 was held on March 23, 2013 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. during participants local time. JOIN US EARTH HOUR 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 participated countries number participated cities number 30 60 90 120 150 2000 4000 6000 35 88 128 135 152 1 400 4159 4000 5251 6950 1 Story in China China participated for the first time in the World Earth Hour campaign Saturday night by switching off all unnecessary lighting in residential, business and public venues, including iconic landmarks in Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hong Kong and Macao . Taken Shanghai as an example, lights were shut off at the municipal and district government offices and major buildings at the city centers Renmin Square during the one-hour period. The combo photo sho