Seven cities in the Algarve are joining Earth Hour this evening, an initiative of the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), whose idea is to draw attention to the importance of changing behavior in favor of sustainable development.
Earth Hour, which began in 2007, takes place on the last Saturday of March and encourages citizens to turn off the electricity for one hour, between 20:30 pm and 21:30 pm.
In all, 96 participating cities across the country are registered on the WWF Portugal website, but many more will participate, even though they have not officially registered.
Thus, in the Algarve, the registered cities are Lagoa, Olhão, Lagos, Loulé and Quarteira. But others have already announced their intention to join the initiative, such as Faro and Albufeira. In Alentejo, adhere, for example, Odemira, Grândola, Reguengos de Monsaraz.
And what will each of them do? In Lagos, the Municipality will turn off the lighting in some buildings and public places: Fontes da Barca and 8 Bicas, Fonte de São Gonçalo, ornamental fountains on Avenida dos Descobrimentos and the city center (behind the Old Town Hall), on the Rotunda da Rosa dos Ventos (Meia Praia), on the Rotunda da Caravela, on the façades of the Church of Santa Maria and the Forte Pau da Bandeira, as well as on the Muralhas, in the Jardim da Constitution and in the Anel Verde. Outside the urban area, the exterior lighting of the Moinho de Odiáxere and the Fountain of Largo do Poço, in Almádena, will be turned off.
Lagoa, in turn, will turn off the lights in the Paços do Concelho building and also invites the entire community to turn off all the lights in their homes, public and private establishments for one hour, on Saturday night.
Em Loulé, the lights will go out in the following emblematic monuments of the county: Paços do Concelho, Engº Duarte Pacheco Building, Loulé Municipal Market, Cine-Teatro Louletano, Loulé Castle Wall, in Loulé, and in the Municipal Center and Parish Council from Quarteira, in Quarteira.
As part of the evolution of this campaign and the concept “Beyond the Hour and I do if you do it”, the Municipality of Loulé will also switch off the standby of all electrical equipment in the Municipality after working hours.
Em Faro, the Municipality will turn off the lights at Arco da Vila between 20:30 pm and 21:30 pm this Saturday. In the capital of the Algarve, the “honor” of turning off the switch will fall to Chamber President Rogério Bacalhau. And everyone is invited to join, simply turning off the lights at home and, by the way, all the appliances that are possible, during that hour.
Albufeira will turn off the lights of the most emblematic buildings in the city for 60 minutes. Between 20:30 pm and 21:30 pm, the Municipality will leave the Paços do Concelho, Library building in darkness
Municipal Lídia Jorge, Municipal Gallery, Matriz Church and Sant'Ana Church, at the same time as
invites all residents to join in this action, turning off the lights in their homes. on one
clear sign of support for environmental sustainability.
In Alentejo, the Municipality of Odemira adheres to “Earth Hour”, turning off the lights in the Town Hall, the Pedestrian Bridge and the Municipal Park of Workshops and Vehicles.
The city of Reguengos de Monsaraz participate by turning off the lights in the Paços do Município building and the Municipal Auditorium of Reguengos de Monsaraz.
Em Grandola, monuments and buildings such as the Senior University of Grândola, Statue of Dr. Jacinto Nunes, Monument to Freedom, Monument to José Afonso, Elevated Water Reservoir in Praça do Município, Bandstand, Cineteatro Grandolense, Building of the Musical Society of Fraternity will be without light Grandolense Worker, Facade of the José Afonso Sports Pavilion, Municipal Building of Education and Culture Services, Fairs and Exhibitions Park and Municipal Sports Park.
Organized by the WWF, Earth Hour has been celebrated in Portugal for three years and “blinds” monuments such as the Cristo-Rei Sanctuary, the 25 de Abril bridge, the Jerónimos Monastery, the Belém Tower, the Padrão dos Discoveries in Lisbon, Pena and Monserrate Palaces, Moorish Castle in Sintra, Infantado Palace in Samora Correia, Nossa Senhora da Nazaré Sanctuary, Batalha Monastery, Pombal Castle, Santa Maria da Castle Feira and the Castle of Bragança.
This year the novelty is the holding of a large yoga class in Lisbon and nine other Portuguese cities (Cascais, Oeiras, Santarém, Coimbra, Évora, Aveiro, Tomar, Portalegre and Batalha).
In Lisbon, the class, which will be held by candlelight and requires registration, will take place at the Tapada das Necessidades Garden, where entertainment activities take place starting in the afternoon, with demonstrations of sustainable products and massages.
Outside, the lights will be turned off on monuments such as the Empire State Building, Tower Bridge, Edinburgh Castle, Brandenburg Gate, Eiffel Tower, Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow, Bosphorus Bridge – which links Europe to Asia – or the building tallest in the world, the Burj Khalifa.
In 2013, Earth Hour was celebrated by over two billion people in 154 countries, according to the WWF.
Meet official list of cities who care about the future of our Planet and demonstrate it by supporting another edition of Earth Hour:
1. Pond
2. Mondim de Basto
3. Vila Real
4. Anxiety
5. Barca Bridge
6. Customs of Faith
7. Saint Vincent
8. Ribeira Grande
9. Alenquer
10. Oliveira de Frades
11. Benavente
12. Spouse
13. Bullfinch
14. Nazareth
15. Carthage
16. Butters
17. Alvito
18. Vila Nova Paiva
19. Lisbon
20. Cascais
21. Oeiras
22. Take
23. Evora
24. Santarem
25.Aveiro
26. Coimbra
27. Aviz
28. Slabs of Flowers
29. Goals
30. Guarda
31. Castle of Vide
32. Vila Vicosa
33. Pinhel
34. Penacova
35.Elvas
36. Seixal
37. Olhão
38. Cotton Ovens
39. Cuba
40. Portalegre
41. Holy Tirsus
42. Almeirim
43. Borba
44. Trophy
45. Odemira
46. Vila do Conde
47. Egg
48. Santa Comba Dao
49. Chamber of Wolves
50. Braganza
51. Cantanhede
52. In them
53. Magdalene
54. Odivelas
55. Porto Moniz
56. Palmela
57. Sintra
58. Machico
59. Seia
60. Matosinhos
61.Funchal
62. Dovecote
63. Mortawater
64. Penafiel
65. Felgueiras
66. Povoa Lanhoso
67. Lakes
68. Santa Maria Feira
69. Viana do Alentejo
70. Battle
71. Angra do Heroísmo
72. Loule
73. Quarter
74. Grandola
75. Beira
76. Penela
77. Montemor-o-Novo
78. Lousã
79. Campo Mayor
80. Torres Vedras
81. Barreiro
82. Calheta
83. Vila Nova de Gaia
84.Albufeira
85. Figueira da Foz
86. Agueda
87. Gouveia
88. Bush
89. Panty
90. Caldas da Rainha
91. Obidos
92. Alvaiazere
93. Ourem
94. Peniche
95. Cambra Valley
96. Famalicão
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