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Author: Iga Arciszewska | Publish date: 22 March 2022

Elk donates "Earth Hour"

22 March 2022, Author: Iga Arciszewska

As every year, the City of Ełk joins the Hour for action Earth organized by the WWF Foundation (World Wide Fund for Nature). On Saturday 26 March from 20.30 to 21.30 the lighting of public facilities in city. The action takes place all over the world local time and is aimed at sensitizing climate change and excessive energy consumption on earth.

On Saturday (26 March) from 20.30-21.30 in Ełk will be switched off lighting of public facilities as part of the WWF Earth Hour campaign. These will be:

buildings of the Ełk City Hall at Piłsudskiego 2 and 4 streets,
building at 3 Małeckich Street,
building of the Ełk Cultural Centre,
the building of the Art School,
Water Tower,
Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Cathedral of St. Adalbert,
road bridge on Zamkowa Street,
pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Ełk River,
mural on the building at Wojska Polskiego Street.

The action aims to encourage reflection on climate change and sensitization to the problem of excessive energy consumption through symbolic switching off lights for one hour in homes, offices, buildings and facilities Public.

For the first time the action took place in 2007 in Sydney. Took in it participation of 2.2 million people.

More on: https://www.wwf.pl/godzina-dla-ziemi-2022

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