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Satellite image of Holbox Island and the Yalahau Lagoon on the northeast corner of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. A series of images have been released for WWF’s 2012 Living Planet Report © KARI / ESA
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WWF says 2.8 million people in Hong Kong participated in the year’s Earth Hour event, according to a survey conducted by TNS. The majority of participants showed commitment to sustainable living beyond the hour, with all Earth Hour participants pledging to take future action toward a more sustainable living. Around 77% said they would turn off lights when not in use, 64% would replace old light bulbs and 61% would turn off appliances when not being used. (Image Elson Li/WWF-Hong Kong)
If you missed Facebook’s live stream with Andy Ridley from Earth Hour, catch the full interview here
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Just over 1 day to Earth Hour. Showering more quickly and using cooler water can help save energy and also water!
Via WWF Hong Kong
Would you mess with this guy? The Beast from the East’s IWIYW challenge for Earth Hour
Now here’s one we think it’d be best just to accept… Russian former WBA heavyweight boxing champion turned politician Nikolay Valuev will organise recycling in the Duma if 100 000 people sign WWF Russia’s petition to protect the sea from oil spills.
Al Gore’s Earth Hour 2012 message all the way from Antarctica
The former Vice President and WWF Norway ambassador Gunhild Stordalen had this Earth Hour message for Norwegians, filmed during his Climate Reality Project expedition to the Antarctic.
Earth Hour kids’ ambassador Pocoyo will plant 10,000 trees if 10,000 people play his recycling game - another great I Will If You Will Challenge we’re featuring before our official platform launch at YouTube.com/EarthHour
Play the game HERE
An Earth Hour I Will If You Will challenge from Uganda: This man is willing to use solar energy in his home if five of his friends convert their wood-fire cookers to fuel efficient stoves.
Read about The Uganda Stoves Project
We’re 48 days away from Earth Hour, but just 48 hours away from I Will If You Will…
Flickr Countdown to Earth Hour
48 days to go
Swaziland
In 2011, Earth Hour Global received an impassioned email from a young boy in Swaziland named Nathi, who established an environmental organisation after being determined to get his home nation on the Earth Hour map.
The Earth Hour Global team was so moved by his passion and commitment to conservation that we made him an honorary member of the global Earth Hour network, and supported his efforts to make Earth Hour happen for the first time in Swaziland.
After reading this, we hope you’re more inspired to Dare the World to Save the Planet.
The western gray whale is on the edge of extinction. There are probably fewer than 130 remaining with less than 26 breeding females. Every year, they come to feed off the coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia, but now a new oil platform threatens the survival of this critically endangered whale.
Photo © Martin Harvey / WWF-Canon
Rhino poaching deaths continue to increase in South Africa
Despite increased law enforcement efforts, rhino poaching accelerated in South Africa last year. The country lost 448 rhinos to poaching in 2011 - including 19 critically endangered black rhinos, of which fewer than 5,000 remain in the wild. In 2010, 333 South African rhinos were killed by poachers, nearly three times the number killed in 2009.
In October, WWF announced the extinction of rhinos in Vietnam.
