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'Natural disasters boost Earth Hour March 26, 2011 - 9:34PM
The series of natural disasters that have wreaked devastation around the world in recent months have prompted more people to switch their lights off for Earth Hour.
The campaign's organisers say hundreds of millions of people in 132 countries and territories, including new entrants Swaziland and Gibraltar, switched their lights off for one hour at 8.30pm on Saturday in a bid to raise awareness about climate change.
Australia's biggest buildings and most iconic landmarks, including the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House, switched off as did 2500 organisations that registered to participate.
Advertisement: Story continues below This year was the biggest yet for the five-year-old Australian-born campaign, and Earth Hour national project manager Marni Ryan said it was because this year's natural disasters had spurred people to act on climate change.
"There's a real grassroots movement for Earth Hour this year because of all of the natural disasters that have happened over recent times people are saying, `We really care about this planet, we want to do something about it,'" Ms Ryan told AAP.
"It makes people more aware of this fragile planet that we live in.
"By participating in Earth Hour, people are saying across the world, `Yes, we care about our environment and we want change.' It's a message to governments and businesses around the world."
Ms Ryan said critics of the event who point to the uselessness of switching lights off for one hour should look at the number of people who participate in the campaign.
"It's not about reducing energy for that one hour, it's symbolic, it's about raising awareness," she said'.
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