Earth Hour to switch off lights at landmarks across Czechia

People in the Czech Republic will take part in Earth Hour on Saturday by turning off lights and joining activities to help nature. Some cities will switch off illumination at landmarks for an hour from 8:30 p.m., including Prague’s Žižkov Television Tower, Brno’s Špilberk Castle and the tower of Ostrava’s New City Hall.

The global environmental campaign, organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), is being held for the twentieth time worldwide and the seventeenth time in Czechia. Individuals, schools and communities are also encouraged to spend 60 minutes doing activities such as cleaning up nature or planting trees.

Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007 and has since spread to more than 180 countries. It is traditionally held on the last Saturday in March to highlight the need to protect the climate and nature.