WWF-Singapore's Earth Hour 2024

8.30pm on 23th March will mark the iconic Switch Off, when attendees will be able to watch the iconic Singapore city skyline go dark for one hour in support of our planet.

WWF Earth Hour 2024

Earth Hour takes place on 23 Mar 2024, 8.30pm. For more information, please visit here.

EARTH HOUR FESTIVAL

📅 23 Mar 2024
⏰ 11am – 10pm
📍 Wisma Atria

Join us for an exciting experience at Wisma Atria as we present the WWF Earth Hour Festival 2024! Immerse yourself in a day of fun-filled activities and captivating performances, culminating in the symbolic Switch Off. Witness Singapore’s bustling shopping district goes dark as we collectively pledge our commitment to a climate-resilient future.

Last year, thousands of individuals and businesses actively participated in the Switch Off. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this impactful event! Check out the video featuring Singapore’s skyline going dark in Earth Hour 2023.

For more information, visit here.

➡️ Related Read: Activities to Do in the Dark This Earth Hour

WWF-Singapore and partners curate 23 edu-tainment activities and performances at Wisma Atria this Earth Hour Festival on 23 Mar 2024

Symbolic Switch Off, 8.30pm – 9.30pm

The highlight of the festival will be the symbolic Switch Off ceremony, at 8.30pm. In 2023, over 10,000 individuals and businesses participated in this symbolic act at the Earth Hour Festival.

This year, festival-goers are set to experience an electrifying celebration of the outdoor atrium at Wisma Atria as it transforms into a dazzling spectacle, marking a shared dedication to a climate-resilient future. Hosted by a local celebrity, the evening will feature special guest performances by WWF’s Eco-Schools, Damaru Singapore, Green Drummers and Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS), as the lights dim across Orchard Road for this iconic moment.

23 Festival Activities to mark Earth Hour Festival on March 23

Attendees can look forward to lively activity stations starting from 11am on Saturday, 23 March going on all the way to the Switch Off at 8.30pm. Highlights of the event include:

WWF Singapore Earth Hour 2024 Meet and Greet

The WWF Nature, Climate, and Community edu-tainment booths, available throughout the day.
Attendees can delve into the complexities of climate change by engaging in educational games that illuminate impacts and solutions.
To engage children, Mediacorp is organising “Ask Wobi Anything” with okto’s Lil Wild character, Wobi, who will answer their environment related questions.
A special meet-and-greet with Sesame Street characters.
Epson (International Partner) and Watsons Singapore (Lead Partner) will also conduct booth engagements surrounding their own sustainability initiatives at the Earth Hour Festival.

WWF-Singapore invites Singaporeans to join us at the Earth Hour Festival throughout the day and for the Switch Off moment at 8:30 pm on Saturday, March 23rd, as Singapore’s iconic shopping district is transformed into a symbol of global unity in support of climate & conservation efforts.

Learn more and join the movement here.

#BiggestHourForEarth #SwitchOff #EarthHour2024 #LightsOutVibes #EarthHourSG

Environmental impact of key actions

Air-conditioning

The air-conditioner is a major contributor to the amount of electricity consumed in the typical household. Using the air-conditioner in energy-efficient ways can reduce its impact on the environment and your electricity bill.
The air-conditioner takes up 30 per cent of the typical household electricity bill.
Air-conditioning should be set at 25 degrees Celsius, and not below 24 degrees Celsius.
When set to this optimal temperature, the air-conditioner will not need to use up so much energy to cool the environment around you. This, in turn, results in lesser fossil fuels burnt to power the air conditioner and less heat released into the atmosphere, hence reducing the impact on the environment.
Every one-degree increase in the air-conditioner temperature helps you save a minimum of S$25 annually. We can save a minimum of $150 million annually in the total electricity bill for Singapore if all Singaporeans take this up.

LED lights

LED lights offer greater energy savings than traditional incandescent lights. Most of the energy LED lights use goes into making light instead of heat. Most incandescent lights, for example, produce anywhere from 5-20 lumens (a measure of brightness) per watt, whereas compact fluorescent bulbs put out about 40-70 lumens. By comparison, LEDs range from 20 lumens up to 100 lumens.

Plastic bags

3 billion plastic bags were used in Singapore in 2011, needing 37 million kilogrammes of crude oil and 12 million kilogrammes of natural gas to make.
Each kg of plastic bags requires 1.2 kilogrammes of crude oil, according to a study done by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research.
Globally, each year, more than one trillion plastic bags are used around the world, less than two per cent of which are recycled. The rest end up in landfills – where they can take up to 1,000 years to break down – or as litter.

Shorter showers

Nearly 50 per cent of the water used in the homes in Singapore goes to showers and kitchen sink washing. Showers generally take up 29 per cent of an average family’s monthly water consumption.
People can save nine litres of water per minute in the shower by taking shorter showers.

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