The City Hall of Santa Cruz de Tenerife will join the call for another year, which will take place tomorrow promoted by the World Wildlife Fund-WWF, ‘Earth Hour’, by which it calls on organizations, citizens, municipalities, institutions and companies from all over the world to show their commitment to the fight against climate change by turning off the lights for one hour, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., in the main municipal buildings, as well as in several emblematic areas of the city.
In the case of Capital Town Hallthrough the Public Services area directed by Carlos Tarife, will turn off the lights that illuminate the facade of the Municipal Palace, the central promenade of Tres de Mayo avenue, the 25 ornamental fountains of the municipality, Los Patos square, the upligths of the square de España, a third of the lighting in the Plaza de España as well as that of the murals in the Parque de Las Indias.
The Councilor for Public Services, Carlos Tarife, points out that this action “is a symbolic gesture with which Santa Cruz wants to make visible the support for this global initiative born in 2007 to draw attention to the problem of climate change.”
The person in charge of Public Services also invites the residents of Santa Cruz to join this initiative and contribute to this important objective, thus showing the commitment of the entire city to promote responsible and sustainable measures and contribute to improving air quality and energy saving in the municipality.
“Earth Hour” was promoted by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the advertising agency Leo Burnett. The first was held in Sydney (Australia) on March 31, 2007 between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. San Francisco also joined in with the so-called Lights Out action. What started in Sydney has grown into a global movement that has reached thousands of cities in more than 200 countries.
