USU to participate in annual Earth Hour, turn off non-essential lights

This year Earth Hour — an annual global movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) — will be held Saturday March 19 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m local time.

Earth Hour, which is held every March, is meant to raise awareness about climate change, and those involved ask people everywhere to “turn off non-essential lights in their homes and offices as a way of saying ‘I know climate change is real and I’m willing to do something about it,'” said Frank De León, an officer in the Utah State University International Student Council (ISC).

The ISC is organizing the event, or movement, to take place with students at USU. The university is participating by turning off the ‘A’ on Old Main for this same hour, De León said.

Though ISC isn’t holding an official event for the movement, they are “asking people to take action by simply turning off their lights and sharing on social media,” he said.

ICS would like to see people use the hashtag #EarthHourUSU when participating and sharing about Earth Hour on Saturday.

For more information about the global movement of Earth Hour and those around the world who participate, visit: www.earthhour.org.

— mandy.m.morgan@aggiemail.usu.edu