Earth Hour Update !

Earth Hour was a huge success and as important global climate change talks begin in Bonn today governments will be left in no doubt that the world is watching them after hundreds of millions of people switched off their lights for WWF’s Earth Hour – to call for urgent action on climate change.

On Saturday (28) at 8.30pm local time global icons including Sydney Opera House, the Acropolis, the Bird’s Nest stadium in China, the pyramids of Giza, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, and Big Ben were plunged into darkness for one hour for the largest global action on climate change ever.

3,943 cities and towns in more than 88 countries took part in Earth Hour, including 70 national capitals and 9 of the 10 most populated metropolises on the planet. 100 cities and towns in the UK, from London, Belfast, Cardiff, and Edinburgh to Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol and Birmingham joined in alongside more than 1000 schools and nearly 700 businesses. UK landmarks which took part included: Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, the Gherkin, Nelson’s Column in London, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, the entire quayside in Newcastle, Stormont in Belfast and Edinburgh Castle. New York, Chicago , San Francisco were some of the major cities in the USA to take part.

Visit Youtube link to view the different icon landmarks around the world go dark for Earth Hour 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjWD8pbK5t8