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Few lights remain switched on for an hour in the financial district of Makati city, east of Manila in the Philippines, during last year's Earth Hour. BULLIT MARQUEZ/AP
Earth Hour
INFOGRAPHIC: How much energy could Earth Hour actually save?
Will you be turning off the lights at 8:30pm?
TONIGHT MARKS the seventh annual Earth Hour – where people across the world turn off all non-essential lights for an hour to raise awareness about the threat of climate change.
Originating in Australia in 2007, the event has been marked worldwide since 2009 – when the Irish government got in on the act and started turning off the lights at Government Buildings and other major public landmarks.
The folks at Jones Oil – who two weeks ago helped us illustrate Ireland’s oil usage – have put together another infographic to put into context how much energy would be saved if everyone around the world turned off unnecessary lights for just 60 minutes.
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