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Chaos!

why are 2012 and 2013 under "history" but then the whole thing starts over again in 2008 below?! and what of 2007? it's mentioned in the "history" section, but why not under a heading of 2007 like the rest? oh, and shouldn't 2008 be mar 29th, not 28th?!

and then in 2011 there's no date at all! i mean, there's one for india specifically, but that wording makes it seem like they're on a nonstandard date. did the REST of the world observe it on that same date? if so, why single india out then??

the article needs parallelism!! sections by year...IN ORDER. with the dates up front and clear for each.

i'd do it myself, but it is SUCH a mess, i'm wondering if i'm missing something?! who the heck decided on a "2012, 2013, 2008, 2009, 2010" order?! 66.105.218.29 (talk) 03:06, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Who the heck decided on a "2012, 2013, 2008, 2009, 2010" order?!" The same illogical people who are promoting the idea of Earth Hour in the first place. Who else? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.7.124.63 (talk) 11:33, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]


From the intro summary- "The event, conceived by WWF and Leo Burnett, first took place in 2045..." I suspect that this is an error, based on the consistent use of the Gregorian Calendar for the rest of the dates in the article, and 2045 being 32 years in the future at this point in 2013. Needs correction. 24.43.219.5 (talk) 00:11, 22 March 2013 (UTC) AndyB[reply]

Mistakes in "Earth Hour 2008" section

"Iconic landmarks all around the world turned off their non-essential lighting for Earth Hour, including the Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia), Empire State Building (New York City, USA), Sears Tower (Chicago, USA), Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco, USA), Bank of America Plaza (Atlanta, USA), Space Needle (Seattle, USA), Table Mountain (Cape Town, South Africa), the Colosseum (Rome, Italy), Royal Castle (Stockholm, Sweden), London's City Hall (United Kingdom), the CN Tower (Toronto, Canada), SM Mall of Asia, SM Science Discovery Center (Manila, Philippines), Suva (Fiji), Nidaros Cathedral (Trondheim, Norway), The Royal Liver Building (Liverpool, United Kingdom), Petronas Twin Towers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), KL Tower (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), and Wat Arun Buddhist Temple (Bangkok, Thailand)."

I think some of them weren't participate in Earth Hour 2008. [1]

Energy Questions

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I was wondering if someone has calculated on all the advertisments made before the event for the event? Since i see ads almost everywhere in the city that has been made using energy, is all that energy that has been used making all the ads everywhere calculated if it in the end is worth it? Does Earth Hour perhaps consumes more power then it saves due to all ads?

the answer is that power isnt saved but rather wasted on earth hour because the power plants keep producing the same amount of power anyway.84.208.60.156 (talk) 18:56, 12 April 2014 (UTC) 2.[reply]

Neutrality

The language covering the history of Earth Hour is so badly skewed to promote the event that it is likely to have been written by WWF staff and/or volunteers. The piece requires a major rewrite to remove any non-factual and biased remarks, including hyperbole which is present throughout the text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.208.181.75 (talk) 16:01, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think this needs to be more specific. Given a cursory read I'm not getting the impression that there is much hyperbole and certainly no overall celebratory bias. It's not good enough to just put up a tag on an article and leave it at that.--IanOfNorwich (talk) 19:17, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
It is good enough, Ian, if there is reason to suggest this has been written by members of WWF. I am returning the tag in lieu of changes. To give just 3 examples:

"Australian advertising agency Wunderman Sydney produced an innovative environmentally-friendly marketing piece to support Earth Hour"

"In 2011, Earth Hour’s iconic global ‘lights out’ event, some of the world’s most recognized landmarks, including the Forbidden City, Eiffel Tower, Buckingham Palace, Golden Gate Bridge, Table Mountain, Christ the Redeemer statue and Sydney Opera House switched off their lights."

"In the United States polling shows that an estimated 90,000,000 Americans participated in Earth Hour as lights were turned off around the country, including iconic landmarks such as Mount Rushmore, the Las Vegas Strip, the Empire State Building and Niagara Falls."

All of this appears to be using WWF's stylebook. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.208.181.75 (talk) 19:27, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is recognizing that national landmarks such as Mount Rushmore, the Las Vegas Strip, the Empire State Building and Niagara Falls are iconic actual POV? Which is thought not iconic? The openly hostile tone of the large criticism section more than offsets the mildly positive tone that can be gleaned from the article itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.190.133.143 (talk) 12:40, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed - offending adjectives expunged (+ an additional "iconic") and Tag removed. Let me know or dive in yourself if you find any more.--IanOfNorwich (talk) 19:36, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Earth Hour is NOT a "grass root" movement. It is absolutely wrong to just copy-paste this WWF propaganda. It was orchestrated by commercial interests: http://boy-on-a-bike.blogspot.ca/2011/12/untangling-ownership-of-earthhour.html Earth Hour have demands on emission cuts superseeding any realistic political goals:http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/climate_carbon_energy/ Most optimistic projections on renewable energy is about 20% on a global level. If WWF demands on 100% renewables are met, it would most likely send most countries into poverty. And that would be a REAL problem. So the article should really list all "demands" from WWF, so people endorsing the Earth Hour understand what they are supporting. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.183.9.239 (talk) 17:23, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

On what date is it planned in 2013 and future years?

Needs a table for the next several years out showing when it is planned, and any details about the plans for each year. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.190.133.143 (talk) 12:43, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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