Earth hour
has already started
,
in which monuments from around the world, company headquarters, shops and private homes will go dark.
Like every March 27 since 2007, it will not be a global problem, but rather the search for a solution for another.
Earth Hour returns, for yet another year, to use darkness to focus on nature.
Between 8.30 pm and 9.30 pm, when this event is being held, images are already arriving from
Moscow, Islamabad or Paris.
In Spain,
several municipalities have joined, as well as more than a hundred companies.
"We want to draw attention to how important it is to contact nature," explains
Luis Suárez
, conservation coordinator for WWF Spain.
This, he assures, "has to protect us from future pandemics" and, in any case, the fight "against climate change" depends precisely on their health.
The Government Headquarters in Islamabad, Pakistan SOHAIL SHAHZADEFE
During the hour of darkness, the organization is broadcasting on its YouTube channel a special program presented by
Jacob Petrus
in which, as they advance on their website, "he will take a tour of the most amazing landscapes on the planet and the Spanish geography" in those that WWF works.
Altogether,
more than 370 municipalities and 250 companies
participate in this global blackout
.
"It gives us an idea of the commitment of society in this act."
This year, laments the coordinator, awareness-raising work is especially important.
The pandemic has been "a challenge" from the point of view of generating garbage: "if we cannot go out to eat, they bring us the food at home, with which there is an overdose of packaging and plastic", Suárez argues.
The Kremlin, in Moscow, before and after shutting down.MAXIM SHIPENKOVEFE
To this must be added the masks, a new ubiquitous residue that has quickly become collateral damage from the pandemic.
"The masks thrown on the street will end up where they shouldn't, which is in the seas."
Thus, the light will also be turned off by them.
"The pandemic", reflects Suárez, "has made us reflect on the great interrelation
between our health and the health of nature
, of the planet."
In fact, remember that "the destruction and alteration of natural balances" and "the trafficking of species" are two elements that are, in a way, related to the virus.
This means that, in his opinion, one more reason has been added to the reasons that already make it important to take care of the planet, "the element of health" that will be present in all the blackouts of this hour of the planet.
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