Sydney holds voluntary one hour blackout
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{{date|March 31, 2007}}
[[Image:Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House Earth Hour.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[w:Sydney Harbour Bridge|Sydney Harbour Bridge]] and [[w:Sydney Opera House|Sydney Opera House]] during Earth hour]]
Many lights in [[:wikipedia:Sydney|Sydney]], [[:wikipedia:Australia|Australia]]'s largest city, were turned off for one hour at 19:30 local time (09:30 UTC) on March 31, 2007 to raise awareness of climate change. This ''[[w:Earth hour|Earth hour]]'', which was organised by the [[w:World Wide Fund for Nature|World Wide Fund for Nature]] (WWF), received support from the government of New South Wales, many environmental groups and some businesses.

Many famous buildings such as the Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Luna Park took part.

Organisers also hoped the event would encourage Australians to conserve energy, claiming if various electronics were switched off when they were not in use the country's greenhouse gas emissions could reduce by up to 5%.
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==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6509437.stm
|title=Sydney in climate change blackout
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=2007-03-31}}
*{{source|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21482022-1702,00.html
|title=Sydney icons switch off for Earth Hour
|author=Australian Associated Press
|pub=NEWS.com.au
|date=2007-03-31}}

[[Category:Climate change]]
[[Category:Sydney]]
[[Category:Australia]]
[[Category:Sydney Harbour Bridge]]
[[Category:Sydney Opera House]]

[[de:Zeichen gegen die globale Erwärmung: In Sydney blieben die Lichter aus]]
Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera House during Earth hour
Many lights in Sydney, Australia's largest city, were turned off for one hour at 19:30 local time (09:30 UTC) on March 31, 2007 to raise awareness of climate change. This Earth hour, which was organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), received support from the government of New South Wales, many environmental groups and some businesses.

Many famous buildings such as the Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge and Luna Park took part.

Organisers also hoped the event would encourage Australians to conserve energy, claiming if various electronics were switched off when they were not in use the country's greenhouse gas emissions could reduce by up to 5%.

de:Zeichen gegen die globale Erwärmung: In Sydney blieben die Lichter aus
Climate change Sydney Australia Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney Opera House