news.am, Armenia
March 26 2010

Yerevan to switch off illumination for Earth Hour

17:23 / 03/26/2010March 27, all symbolic buildings, as well as avenues
and streets of Yerevan will go dark from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m, Karen
Manvelyan ` head of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Armenian office said at
the press conference Friday. Thus, Armenia will join global Earth Hour
2010 campaign organized by WWF to help prevent global warming.

`The action aims at uniting society, business circles, governments and
communities for an hour to struggle against climate change and
consumption of natural resources,’ Manvelyan noted.

WWF Armenian branch, RA Nature Protection Ministry, Yerevan City Hall,
HSBC Bank Armenia, Congress Hotel, `Spyur’ information center and
other organizations will join the initiative.

Earth Hour campaign was first launched in Sydney (Australia) in 2007.
About 1 billion people from over 4.000 cities participated in the
global action in 2009.

A.G.