Did you know Sydney started Earth Hour? 20 years later, the fight for the environment intensifies

To mark the 20th anniversary of the movement that began in Sydney in 2007, WWF-Australia is launching "Challenge 60" to combat the devastating loss of 30 soccer fields of forest every hour.

The Sydney Opera House had the lights on its sails switched off to mark Earth Hour. Source: Twitter / Twitter/SydOperaHouse

Key Points

• What started as a local Sydney initiative has grown into a 190-country movement reaching its 20th year of climate advocacy.
• Expert warnings reveal that 500 native species are threatened every 60 minutes as Australia loses forest areas equivalent to 30 soccer fields.
• The traditional March 28 "switch off" now includes a 28-day physical activity challenge to fund reforestation and marine sanctuary expansion.

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Sa Sydney nagsimula ang Earth Hour at 20 Taon ang nakalipas, mas pinaigting pa ang laban para sa kalikasan

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