Nature conservation organization WWF Vietnam has announced Monday that this year’s Earth Hour will be held on March 31 in Vietnam.

This year the global campaign will be held from 8.30 pm - 9.30 pm on March 31 in Vietnam, Photo: Earthhour

This year’s campaign comes with the slogan "I will if you will," challenging people around the world to do more than just turning off the lights and unnecessary electric applicants for one hour for environmental causes.

Billions of people and communities in different countries are encouraged and challenged to do more for the environment, with actions ranging from recycling print papers, using environmental-friendly light bulbs, growing more greens to using more renewable energy sources, Andy Ridley, Earth Hour Co-Founder & Director said.

After three years in Vietnam, Earth Hour has developed into a social activity well-recognized and supported by individuals, state agencies and private entities.

From 6 participating provinces in 2009 when Earth Hour was first held in Vietnam, last year the environmental event swept through 30 provinces in far northern Vietnam like Lang Son, Lao Cai, Thai Nguyen to the southernmost part of the country like Kien Giang and Ca Mau.

This year WWF Vietnam will not directly hold Earth Hour activities but concentrate more on providing know-hows and consulting.

Earth Hour 2012, the world’s largest volunteer activity of human, drawing the participation of millions around the world, will be held from 8.30 pm – 9.30 pm on March 31 in Vietnam.

Source: Tuoitrenews