{"id":23900,"date":"2017-03-28T08:41:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T08:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=23900"},"modified":"2017-03-28T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T08:41:16","slug":"earth-hour-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/earth-hour-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth Hour 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: When was Earth Hour celebration started?<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) 2005<br \/>\n(b) 2006<br \/>\n(c) 2007<br \/>\n(d) 2008<br \/>\n<strong>Ans:(c )<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The Earth Hour was marked at 8:30pm on 25 March 2017. The event reached its 10th anniversary this year.<\/li>\n<li>Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)<\/li>\n<li>The event is held annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. towards the end of March, as a symbol for their commitment to the planet.<\/li>\n<li>It was started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Since then, it has grown to engage more than 7,000 cities and towns across 172 countries worldwide.<\/li>\n<li>WWF\u2019s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet\u2019s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.<\/li>\n<li>It aims to conserve biodiversity promote use of renewable natural resources in a sustainable manner and bring down pollution and wasteful consumption.<\/li>\n<li>Since its founding, WWF has invested nearly US$10 billion in more than 13,000 conservation projects in over 150 countries.<\/li>\n<li>In carrying out its work, WWF cooperates with many partners, including UN organizations, IUCN, and development agencies such as USAID and the World Bank. WWF also works with business &amp; industry partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/Question: When was Earth Hour celebration started? a) 2005 b) 2006 c) 2007 d) 2008 Ans: (c ) \u2022 The Earth Hour was marked at 8:30pm on 25 March 2017. The event reached its 10th anniversary this year. \u2022 Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) \u2022 The event is held annually encouraging individuals, communities, households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. towards the end of March, as a symbol for their commitment to the planet. \u2022 It was started as a lights-off event in Sydney, Australia, in 2007. Since then, it has grown to engage more than 7,000 cities and towns across 172 countries worldwide. \u2022 WWF\u2019s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet\u2019s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. \u2022 It aims to conserve biodiversity promote use of renewable natural resources in a sustainable manner and bring down pollution and wasteful consumption. \u2022 Since its founding, WWF has invested nearly US$10 billion in more than 13,000 conservation projects in over 150 countries. \u2022 In carrying out its work, WWF cooperates with many partners, including UN organizations, IUCN, and development agencies such as USAID and the World Bank. WWF also works with business &amp; industry partners. Reference: http:\/\/wwf.panda.org\/how_you_can_help\/earth_hour_2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wwf.panda.org\/how_you_can_help\/earth_hour_2017\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: When was Earth Hour celebration started? (a) 2005 (b) 2006 (c) 2007 (d) 2008 Ans:(c ) The Earth Hour was marked at 8:30pm on 25 March 2017. The event reached its 10th anniversary this year. Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) The event is held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[2342,2340],"class_list":["post-23900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ydw-snews","tag-day-week","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}