Thanks to Vered in Israel for highlighting one major global event this week. Please do take a moment to check this out. Earth Hour, an event that started in Australia in 2007, is turning global this Saturday.  And if you live in one of the following countries, you might be committed to swich off your lights and unplug those appliances you have lazily left on standby for one hour on Saturday. As the Earth Hour site states: "In 2008, 24 global cities will participate in Earth Hour at 8pm on March 29. Earth Hour is the highlight of a major campaign to encourage businesses, communities and individuals to take the simple steps needed to cut their emissions on an ongoing basis. It is about simple changes that will collectively make a difference – from businesses turning off their lights when their offices are empty, to households turning off appliances rather than leaving them on standby." Can fellow wattwatters give their feedback on this event - both before and after.

Argentina

• “Buenos Aires”

• “Tierra Del Fuergo” – Argentina

Australia

• “Alexandrina” – SA, Australia

• “Armidale” – NSW, Australia

• “Ballarat” – VIC, Australia

• “Ballina” – ACT, Australia

• “Bankstown” – NSW, Australia

• “Bathurst” – NSW, Australia

• “Baulkham Hills” – NSW, Australia

• “Bayside” – Bayside City Council’s democratic structure is made up of 9 nine wards with one Councillor representing each ward. It has a population of 83 504.

• Beaudesert – QLD, Australia

• “Belmont” – WA, Australia

• “Bendigo” – The City of Greater Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest and most progressive regional municipalities with a population of over 94,600 people.

• “Blacktown” – NSW, Australia

• “Blue Mountains” – NSW, Australia

• Boonah – QLD, Australia

• “Boroondah” – VIC, Australia

• “Botany Bay” – NSW, Australia

• “Burwood” – NSW, Australia

• Caboolture – QLD, Australia

• Cairns – QLD, Australia

• Caloundra – QLD, Australia

• “Camden” – NSW, Australia

• “Canada Bay” – NSW, Australia

• “Canterbury” – Australia

• “Castlemaine” – VIC, Australia

• “Cessnock” – NSW, Australia

• “Clarence valley” – NSW, Australia

• “Cowra” – NSW, Australia

• “Darebin” – Darebin encompasses the suburbs of Alphington, Bundoora, Fairfield, Kingsbury, Northcote, Preston, Reservoir, Macleod and Thornbury.

• “Douglas” – QLD, Australia

• Esk – QLD, Australia

• “Fairfield” – NSW, Australia

• “Frankston” – The ABS Estimated Residential Population (ERP – please note this estimate differs from the Frankston City Council Population Forecasts) in Frankston City as at June 2004 was 118,951.

• “Fremantle” – WA, Australia

• Gatton – QLD, Australia

• “Geraldton-Greenough” – WA, Australia

• Gold Coast – QLD, Australia

• “Greater Shepparton” – VIC, Australia

• “Greater Taree” – NSW, Australia

• “Hobart” – TAS, Australia

• “Hornsby” – NSW, Australia

• “Hunters Hill” – NSW, Australia

• “Hurstville” – NSW, Australia

• Ipswich – QLD, Australia

• “Kalgoorlie-Boulder” – WA, Australia

• Kilcoy QLD, Australia

• “Kogarah” – NSW, Australia

• “Kurri Kurri” – NSW, Australia

• Laidley – QLD, Australia

• “Lake Macquarie” – NSW, Australia

• “Lane Cove” – NSW, Australia

• “Leichhardt” – NSW, Australia

• “Lismore” – NSW, Australia

• “Liverpool” – NSW, Australia

• Logan – QLD, Australia

• “Maitland” – NSW, Australia

• “Mandurah” – WA, Australia

• “Manly” – NSW, Australia

• Maroochy – QLD, Australia

• “Marrickville” – NSW, Australia

• “Melville” – WA, Australia

• “Merimbula” – NSW, Australia

• “Mosman” – NSW, Australia

• “Mount Barker” – SA, Australia

• “Mudgee” – NSW, Australia

• “Murweh” – NSW, Australia

• “Newcastle” – NSW, Australia

• Noosa – QLD, Australia

• “North Sydney” – NSW, Australia

• “Parramatta” – NSW, Australia

• “Penrith” – NSW, Australia

• Pine Rivers – QLD, Australia

• “Port Douglas” – QLD, Australia

• “Port Stephens” – NSW, Australia

• “Queanbeyan” – ACT, Australia

• “Randwick” – NSW, Australia

• Redcliffe – QLD, Australia

• Redland – QLD, Australia

• “Rockdale” – NSW, Australia

• “Ryde” – NSW, Australia

• “Scenic rim” – QLD, Australia

• “Shellharbour” – NSW, Australia

• “Shepparton” – In 2001, the total population of the City was estimated at 58,150.

• “Shoalhaven” – NSW, Australia

• “St George and Sutherland Shire” – NSW, Australia

• “Strathfield” – NSW, Australia

• “Subiaco” – WA, Australia

• “Sutherland” – NSW, Australia

• Toowoomba – QLD, Australia

• “Torquay” – Surfside council

• “Vincent” – WA, Australia

• “Warringah” – NSW, Australia

• “Waverley” – NSW, Australia

• “Whitehorse” – The City of Whitehorse covers an area of 64.3 square kilometres and has a resident population of approximately 145,000 people.

• “Willoughby” – NSW, Australia

• “Yass Valley” – NSW, Australia

Bangladesh

• “Dhaka City” – Bangladesh

Bolivia

• “Santa Cruz”

Brazil

• “Curitiba”

Bulgaria

• “Sofia” – Bulgaria

Canada

• “Ajax” – ON,Canada

• “Annapolis Royal” – ON, Canada

• “Antigonish” – NS

• “Armstrong” – BC,Canada

• “Arnprior” – ON, Canada

• “Aurora” – ON,Canada

• “Aylmer” – ON, Canada

• “Bair d”Urf – QC, Canada

• “Barrie” – ON, Canada

• “Beaconsfield” – QC,Canada

• “Beaumont” – AB, Canada

• “Belleville” – ON, Canada

• “Bowen Island” – BC, Canada

• “Bradford west Gwillmbury” – ON, Canada

• “Brampton” – ON,Canada

• “Brandon” – MN, Canada

• “Bancroft” – ON

• “Brantford” – ON,Canada

• “Bridgewater” – NS, Canada

• “Brockton” – ON,Canada

• “Burlington” – ON,Canada

• “Burnaby” – BC

• “Caledon” – ON, Canada

• “Calgary” – AL, Canada

• Charlottetown – PEI,Canada

• “Chatham-Kent” – ON, Canada

• “Clarington” – ON,Canada

• “Cobourg” – ON, Canada

• “Collingwood” – ON, Canada

• “Corner Brook” – NL

• “Cramahe” – ON

• “Dorval” – QU

• “Durham” – ON, Canada

• East Gwillimbury – ON, Canada

• Edmonton – AL,Canada

• “Fernie” – BC

• “Fort Erie” – ON

• “Fort St. John” – BC, Canada

• “Fredericton” – NB,Canada

• “Gatineau” – QU

• “Georgina Antigonish” – NS

• “Goderich and Rotary” – ON, Canada

• “Grande Prairie” – Alberta, Canada

• “Guelph” – ON,Canada

• “Halifax” – NS,Canada

• Halton Hills – ON,Canada

• “Hamilton” – ON,Canada

• “Hampstead” – QC, Canada

• “Hanover” – ON,Canada

• “Hastings County” – ON, Canada

• “Hope” – BC, Canada

• “Huntsville” – ON,Canada

• “Ingersoll” – ON

• “Jasper” – AL,Canada

• “Kamloops” – BC, Canada

• “Kelowna” – BC,Canada

• “Kincardine” – ON, Canada

• “King Township” – ON,Canada

• “Kingston” – ON,Canada

• “Kingsville” – ON, Canada

• “Kitchener” – ON

• “Lake Bays” – ON, Canada

• “Lake Cowichan” – BC, Canada

• “Lasalle” – QU,Canada

• “London” – ON,Canada

• “Mahone Bay” – Canada

• Markham – ON,Canada

• “Melfort” – SK, Canada

• “Merritt” – BC, Canada

• “Midland” – ON, Canada

• “Milltown” – ON,Canada

• Mississauga – ON,Canada

• “Moncton” – NB, Canada

• “Montreal” – QU, Canada

• “Muskoka Lakes” – ON

• “Naksup” – BC, Canada

• “New Glasgow” – Nova Scotia, Canada

• “New Tecumseth” – ON,Canada

• “New Westminster” – BC, Canada

• “Newmarket” – ON,Canada

• “Niagara Falls” – ON,Canada

• “Niagara Region” – ON, Canada

• “North Grenville” – ON,Canada

• “Norfolk County” – ON, Canada

• “Oakville” – ON,Canada

• “Okotoks” – Alberta, Canada

• “Omemee” – ON, Canada

• “Orangeville” – ON,Canada

• “Orillia” – ON,Canada

• “Oshawa” – ON,Canada

• “Owen Sound” – ON,Canada

• “Parksville” – BC

• “Parry Sound” – ON,Canada

• “Peel Region” – ON, Canada

• “Pelham” – ON, Canada

• “Pembroke” – ON

• “Pickering” – ON,Canada

• “Port McNeill” – BC

• “Pitt Meadows” – BC,Canada

• “Port Alberni”

• “Port Edward” – BC,Canada

• “Port Hope” – ON, Canada

• “Port Moddy” – BC, Canada

• “Prince Rupert” – BC,Canada

• “Queen Charlotte” – BC, Canada

• “Red Rock” – ON, Canada

• “Richmond” – BC, Canada

• “Richmond Hill” – ON, Canada

• “Russell” – MB, Canada

• “Saanich” – BC, Canada

• “Salmon Arm” – BC

• “Sarnia” – ON,Canada

• “Saskatoon” – SK, Canada

• “Saugeen Shores” – ON, Canada

• “Scugog” – ON,Canada

• “Sherbrooke” – QC

• “Simcoe County” – ON

• “Sooke” – ON, Canada

• “Southgate” – ON, Canada

• “St. Catherines” – ON, Canada

• “St. Mary’s” – ON, Canada

• “St. Thomas” – ON,Canada

• “Stellarton” – ON, Canada

• “Stratford” – ON,Canada

• “Suaugeen Shores” – ON, Canada

• Sudbury – Canada

• “Tay Township” – ON,Canada

• “Terrace” – BC, Canada

• “The Blue Mountains” – ON, Canada

• “Thunder Bay” – ON

• “Turner Valley” – AL, Canada

• “Uxbridge” – ON, Canada

• “Vaughan” – ON,Canada

• “Victoria” – BC,Canada

• “Wasaga Beach” – ON,Canada

• Waterloo – ON,Canada

• “Welland” – ON, Canada

• “Westlock” – AL, Canada

• “Windsor” – Ontario, Canada

• “Winnipeg” – MB,Canada

• “Whistler” – BC, Canada

• “Whitby” – ON,Canada

• “Whitchurch-Stouffville” – ON,Canada

• “Wolfville” – NS

• “Yellowknife” – YU,Canada

• “York Region” – ON,Canada

Denmark

• “Ballerup”

• “Esbjerg”

• “Fanø”

• “Fredericia”

• “Frederikshavn”

• “Gentofte”

• “Kolding”

• “København”

• “Lyngby-Taarbæk”

• “Slagelse”

• “Sønderborg”

Fiji

• “Lautoka City”

• “Nausori”

Finland

• “Espoo, Finland”

Greece

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Hungary

• “Pecs”

• “Budapest”

India

• “Chandigarh”

• “Pune”

• “Ahmedabud City” – India

• “Chennai City” – India

• “Bangalore” – India

• “Mumbai” – India

Indonesia

• “Jakarta”

Ireland

• “Carlow”

• “Carrick on Suir”

• “Dublin”

• “Galway”

• “Kilkenny”

• “Limerick”

• “Nenagh”

• “Tralee”

• “Tullamore”

• “Wexford”

• “Wicklow”

• “Kildare”

• “Naas”

Israel

• “City of Kfar” – Saba

Italy

• “Rome”

Jordan

• “As-Salt City”

Kuwait

• “Kuwait City”

Malaysia

• “Kuala Lumpur”

Mexico

• “Mexico City”

Moldova

• “Chisinau”

New Zealand

• “Wautajere” – New Zealand

• “Wellington” – New Zealand

Phillippines

• “Cavite”

• “General Trias”

• “Iloilo”

• “La Union”

• “Makati”

• “Paranaque”

• “Pasay City”

• “San Fernando”

Poland

• “Gniezno” – Wielkopolska

• “Poznan” – Wielkopolska

• “Warsaw” – Mazowieckie

• “Wrociaw”

Romania

• “Bucharest”

• “Oradea”

Singapore

Spain

• “Puerto Rico”

South Korea

• “Romania”

Bucharest

• “Seoul”

Switzerland

• “Geneva”

Syria

• “Damascus”

Tuvalu

United Arab Emirates

• “Dubai”

United Kingdom

• “Birmingham”

• “Bournemouth”

• “Brighton”

• “Hove”

• “Canterbury”

• “Cardiff” – Wales

• “Hampshire Council”

• “Herefordshire Council”

• “London”

• “Milton Keynes”

• “Northampton”

• “Norwich”

• “Peterborough”

• “Plymouth”

• “Poole”

• “Portsmouth”

• “Shropshire”

• “Southampton”

• “Warwickshire”

• “Worcestershire “

United States

• “Arlington” – VA

• “Asbury Park” – NJ

• “Bradley Beach” – NJ

• “Brisbane” – CA

• “Homer Glen” – Illinois

• “Charlotte” – NC

• “City of Millbrae” – CA

• “Columbia” – MO

• “Concord” – MA

• “Denver” – CO

• “Falmouth” – MA

• “Glendale” – AZ

• “Harmony” – FL

• “Highland Park” – IL

• “Honolulu” – HI

• “La Grange” – TX Martha’s Vineyard, MA

• “La Plata” – CO

• “Miami” – FL

• “Minneapolis” – MN

• “Montgomery” – MD

• “Norman” – OK

• “Northhampton” – MA

• “Ocean City” – NJ

• “Opelika” – AL

• “Phoenix” – AZ

• “Roswell” – GA

• “San Clement” – CA

• “San Francisco” – CA

• “San Juan” – Puerto Rico

Uruguay

• “Montevideo”

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