Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Global landmarks join the big switch off....

A collection of famous landmarks will be switching their ligths off this Saturday at 8.30pm;

The Coca-Cola digital billboard in Times Square, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Las Vegas Strip including major casinos the Luxor, Cesar's Palace and The Stratosphere will all turn the lights off on March 28. Santa Monica Pier, including the Ferris wheel will go dark in L.A. as will the Capitol Records Building and Pinks Hot Dog stand. The Sears Tower and the entire Chicago skyline have pledged to go dark. Internationally, the Eiffel tower and Notre Dame Cathedral in France will turn off the lights, the Sydney Opera House, the London Eye, Niagara Falls, Hong Kong's Symphony of Lights and Stockholm Castle will all be dark as well.

Finally, the acolade for the world’s oldest landmark to turn off the lights for Earth Hour? The Acropolis, a symbol of western civilization, will join the global movement against climate change. Switch off and join too....

No comments:

Post a Comment