Sydney ( Australia), 31 mar ( EFE).- New Zealand and Australia today gave the kick-off to the “Earth hour”, the global blackout of at least an hour to remind humanity of the need to combat climate change.
The remote Chatham Islands, 750 kilometres to the East of New Zealand, began this global campaign which will culminate in Samoa, also in the South Pacific.
In Auckland, the emblematic Sky Tower, the tallest building in this New Zealand metropolis, became in the dark during the planetary blackout, as well as the national Parliament in Wellington, the capital of this country.
In New Zealand Tauranga city held a concert in the light of the candles to remember the efforts of its citizens in cleaning after the wreck of the freighter ship Rena, which last October caused an ecological disaster to shed more than 300 tons of fuel.
In Australia, the metallic bridge and the Opera House, two of the icons of Sydney, were also in the dark and left the Bay of this Australian city, as it was able to observe Efe in penumbra.
Also numbers have organized events in the Australian city, as a cruise on a ship of renewable energy across the Bay of the city and a 35 km bicycle ride followed by a picnic in the light of the Moon in the regional park of the West.
Millions of buildings, streets and homes joined the shutdown of the lights from 8: 30 local time in Sydney (08.30 GMT) as well as other cities in the oceanic country according to your local time.
Also joined remote locations as the Strait Islands of Torres and Christmas Island, and Cocos Australia, pioneer of this initiative launched by the World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) in this country for the first time in 2007.
“The hour of the planet” campaign that 147 countries have joined will also be held in Southeast Asia with blackouts, acts in the light of the candles and marches.EFE
