Georgia’s landmarks in darkness for Earth Hour 2015

For the seventh time in the country’s history, Georgia is joining Earth Hour with a massive campaign that brings together civil society, businesses, international organisations, Government agencies and individual citizens, who together pledge to take action against climate change.

In countries around the world this evening from 20:30 to 21:30, buildings are individual homes will switch off their lights in support of Earth Hour, organised annually by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).  

In Georgia, significant landmarks in Tbilisi such as the TV broadcasting tower, municipal buildings, the Bridge of Peace, the Shota Rustaveli State Drama Theater and numerous other cultural, historical and commercial structures will stand in darkness from 20:30 to 21:30 (Tbilisi time).  

Organisers said this year Earth Hour would take on its biggest challenge by strengthening the focus on the globe's most stubborn environmental challenge – climate change. The aim of the campaign in Georgia was to raise public awareness on the global significance of the event and promote Georgia’s full participation in the international campaign.

Meanwhile for two hours, from 20:00 to 22:00 this evening, the Round Garden in Vake neighbourhood in central Tbilisi will celebrate the occasion with a traditional celebration with a live music concert and fire show.

The event is open to anyone who wishes to be involved in the global campaign, where millions of people around the world turn off their lights in a bid to conserve energy and promote a greener and safer planet for future generations.

Earth Hour in the Round Garden is being organised by WWF Caucasus, the United Nations in Georgia, the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia, Caucasus Environmental NGO Network (CENN) and Caucasus Nature Fund (GNF).

Earth Hour began as a single-city initiative – in Sydney, Australia in 2007 - and has since grown into a global movement with hundreds of millions of people from 154 countries across every continent switching off their lights for Earth Hour, creating history as the world’s greatest ever environmental action.

Some of the world’s most famous man-made marvels and natural wonders, including China’s Forbidden City, Eiffel Tower, Table Mountain, Great Pyramids of Egypt, Buckingham Palace, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue, Niagara and Victoria Falls, Empire State Building, Sydney Opera House and many more global icons stand in darkness as a powerful symbol of landmark environmental action.

Earth Hour 2015 is a global call to action to every individual, every business and every community throughout the world. It is a call to take responsibility for the environmental impact and join a growing international community who are committed to leading global environmental change.