The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) urged all South Africans on Friday to take part in Earth Hour in 2012.
The annual initiative calls on households and businesses to switch off all their electrical appliances and lights for one hour starting at 8:30pm on Saturday.
In 2011, the country saved 350 megawatts of electricity which is enough to power Bloemfontein for an entire day.
The fund's Zubair Sayed told Eyewitness News, “This hour is a celebration of the planet and a celebration of what we can achieve when we all act together.
“Really it’s a call to action for individuals, businesses and government organisations to take urgent action for the environment.”
In 2007, WWF-Australia inspired Sydney to show their support for climate change action in the first ever Earth Hour event.
In 2008, the plan was to take Earth Hour to the rest of Australia but the City of Toronto, Canada, signed up and it was not long before 35 countries and almost 400 cities and towns took part in the annual event.
- EWN
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