Current Affairs Reminder: Earth Hour is on March 28th

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  1. BakaMattSu

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    Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia in 2007. On March 31st of that year, 2.2 million people and 2,100 Sydney businesses turned off their lights for one hour. This massive collective effort reduced Sydney's energy consumption by 10.2% for one hour, which is the equivalent effect of taking 48,000 cars off the road for a year. In 2008, the Earth Hour organization went global asking Cities, businesses and citizens to participate.

    http://www.earthhour.org/
     
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  2. Zanza

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    I'm going to participate!
     
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    What time is it this year?
     
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