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All Sri Lankans are requested to join the hundreds of millions of people around the world across borders of race, religion, culture, geography and society in one hour of contemplation for the planet and celebration of their year-round commitment to protect it.
Today you will see homes, schools, businesses and iconic landmarks across the planet turn off their lights for the appointed one hour – Earth Hour, at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday 29 March.
Now in its eighth year, the annual lights out event has grown from a single-city initiative in 2007 to become the world’s largest display of environmental action. Earth Hour itself is not an act of contributing to climate change but a symbolic gesture that unites all people to convey to the world that they are willing to make a personal sacrifice to reduce their contribution to global warming and climate change.
Earth Hour Sri Lanka 2014 encourages individuals, businesses and corporates to show leadership on environmental solutions through their actions, and use the Earth Hour platform to show the world how Sri Lankans are playing a vital role in reducing our environmental impact.
You can pledge your support on www.earthhour.lk and join the movement and share your stories on the official Sri Lanka page www.facebook.com/EarthHourSriLanka . Earth Hour began in Sri Lanka in 2010, and has since gathered support from all government institutions and many private institutions. Sri Lanka is to join millions around the world in turning off all non-essential lights on Saturday 29 March at 8:30 p.m. to show the nations commitment to build a sustainable future. To date over 380,000 Sri Lankans have pledged their support on the website and Facebook page to step into darkness for one hour to show their support for the cause.
Please share photos from your Earth Hour 2014 events today with the Earth Hour Sri Lanka Team by sending them to [email protected]. Each Earth Hour participant (individual or organisation) will be allowed a quota of six photos. Please note that you have to send in the photos by 10 p.m. local time if you want your photos to be considered for featuring on the Earth Hour Global Media Centre.
The Earth Hour 2014 team recommends that participants zip multiple files together into one single file before sending them. (If all six files cannot be sent at once, participants can send each picture in multiple messages.)
Please make sure you follow this strict file naming convention before you start attaching photos.
Renaming photos:
Each image file should be named as follows:
[Sri Lanka]_[City]_[Subject - name of landmark, performance, kids, etc.]_[Type of file]
For example, if you send an image of a Lights Out event at the Majestic City in Colombo, then you need to save the image as:
Sri Lanka_Colombo_Majestic City Switch Off Event_Copyright Earth Hour Sri Lanka.
