"Earth Hour" lights-out event will be the official Chengdu Giant Panda Base in Chengdu this year will be held in the main city put 60000 bicycles promote low carbon travel
"Earth Hour 2011," the official lights-out event will be held in Chengdu on March 26 evening at the Chengdu Panda Base. Chengdu Panda Base, said yesterday that the "Earth Hour" Global Ambassador to promote panda Mei Lan will turn off the colors of ice are melting panda base light source, to stop the melting, and the "Earth Hour" on the occasion issued on behalf of animals to humans Calls upon: "I protect the poor black and white, the color of the world will lose all."
The "Earth Hour" event will be invited to the 10-bit Planet Chengdu Panda Base, they will introduce their environmental attitudes. By then, wwf (WWF) representatives will introduce the "Earth Hour" and the first to join in the thanks of Chengdu. In the lights out event, on-site guests will sign in the main backdrop of environmental protection concepts.
Meanwhile, the Chengdu city government also announced an environmental change: the main city in the city this year, put 60000 bicycles to set thousands of bike rental points, promote the public low-carbon travel. "Earth Hour" campaign first proposed this year, "Beyond the one-hour" slogan, which is also involved in numerous Chinese cities this year, "Earth Hour" campaign and focus of the highlights, showing the work of the government and civil actions related to an increasing focus in the long term and people's livelihood.
It is understood that many of the Chinese mainland cities landmarks or landscape will become this year's "Earth Hour" campaign "leading role", which will further spread in the community in awareness of environmental protection and energy saving sense of urgency. These buildings or landscape include: Beijing Badaling Great Wall, "Bird's Nest" and "Water Cube" and other Olympic venues, the highest building in Mainland China - Shanghai World Financial Center and the surrounding landmarks and the Oriental Pearl Tower, Jinmao Tower, Guangzhou Tower, Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an and so on.
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"Earth Hour" is the WWF global climate change, an initiative put forward by the hope that individuals, communities, businesses and governments in March of each year the last Saturday 20:30-21:30 turn off the lights for one hour, to show that their support for action on climate change. Excessive carbon dioxide emissions cause climate change is now a great threat to the survival of humanity on the planet. Source: Tianfuzaobao
