Earth Hour 2014 Summary July 2014 | Page 19

INSPIRING The Earth Hour tone-of-voice is actiondriven, empowering and inspiring. It is essential for the language to be human, hopeful and locally relevant. GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT Communities around the world are the lifeblood and grassroots of the Earth Hour movement. They have the freedom to localise Earth Hour. OPEN-SOURCE MODEL Earth Hour is one of the first open-sourced environmental campaigns. It belongs to the people. Any individual or organisation can use Earth Hour to organise their own environmental campaigns and activities. TIMING The Earth Hour event is held worldwide on a Saturday, 8:30pm at the end of March. This time allows for near coincidental sunset times in both hemispheres, enabling the biggest visual impact of lights out around the world.