Earth Hour 2018 is tomorrow March 24 and everyone around the world is asked to turn off their electric lights between 8:30 and 9:30 pm for the environment. Hydro Ottawa has announced it will stand in solidarity with millions of people worldwide by turning off all non-essential lighting at its four main buildings and encouraging its customers to do the same.
Earth Hour is a movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (called World Wildlife Fund in Canada). The first lights-off event started in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Since then, the movement has grown to involve people in 187 countries and territories.
For the fifth year, choristers will perform a free candlelight concert in celebration of Earth Hour at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal. It is one of many events that will take place across Canada and the world.
BC Hydro said that residents of the western province of British Columbia save 24 megawatt hours of electricity and reduced the provincial electricity load by 0.3 per cent during Earth Hour 2017. (GP Mendoza/CBC)
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