The City of Manhattan Beach invites you to join us in turning off all non-essential lights in your home and/or business from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM on Saturday, March 28th as a part of “Earth Hour 2009”, a global climate event led by the World Wildlife Fund. The City of Manhattan Beach, along with government agencies, businesses and individuals across the Country, will participate in this event to raise awareness about the importance of energy conservation and climate change issues.

More than 240 cities around the world have already committed to go dark for Earth Hour as tens of millions of people from all corners of the world unite in a call for global action. From Amman to Warsaw, city skylines will go dark for one hour as non-essential lighting is turned off in what will be the largest climate event in history. The list of participating cities in the US includes Atlanta, Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami and Nashville with more signing up every day.

During Earth Hour 2008, more than 50 million people in 400 cities on all seven continents turned off their lights as major icons also went dark, including the Sydney Opera House, the Coliseum in Rome, Stockholm’s Royal Castle, the Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Google turned its homepage black for an entire day in tribute.

Please visit the Earth Hour 2009 website to learn more.

More information and tips on environmentally practices can be found on the City's Going Green page.

Help spread the word about “lights out” for "Earth Hour" in Manhattan Beach!