9th edition of the “Earth Hour” for wolves – Focus

Every year, thousands of cities around the world join the action “Earth Hour” lights extinguish most recognizable buildings. Go out among others the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Tower Bridge in London, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

In Warsaw on Saturday at. 20.30 extinguished, among others, illumination of the ramparts of the Old Town, bridges (Gdansk, Holy Cross, Poniatowski and Siekierkowski), façade Palace of Culture and Science (from the 6th floor upwards) and the illumination of City Hall. Extinguished the light of the Presidential Palace, Prime Minister’s Office, the Royal Castle, the National Stadium, the Grand Theatre, ministries, illuminated shopping malls and hotels.

In Wroclaw excluded illumination of the town hall, the building of the Municipal Office, Ossolineum, Main Building of the University and the Bridge university, Wroclaw Stadium and Musical Theatre Capitol.

in Krakow quenched illuminations Wielopolski Palace, which houses the town hall, and St. Mary’s Church, Town hall Tower, Cloth hall, Kosciuszko Kopice and Bernatka footbridge over the Vistula River. According to estimates by the city authorities lighting these objects consists of 989 portholes with a total power of 40.8 kW.

Gdańsk as part of this year’s action off the illumination at two famous monuments – the fourteenth century Torture and built three centuries later, the Golden Gate , opening Long street, the main pedestrian route in the historic center of the city.

in Lublin quenched among others highlight the historic buildings of City Hall and the Crown Court, which is located in the Old Town Square. “Lublin joins thousands of cities and millions of people, who this year once again show the world that working together we can protect what is most precious” – said a spokeswoman for the Mayor of Lublin, Beata Krzyżanowska.

Off the backlight sights Zamosc, including the local town hall in the Old Town and areas przyfortecznych former fortress Zamosc.

In the province. Silesian the action “Earth Hour” WWF joined, among others, universities, cultural institutions and sports facilities, as well as shopping centers. On switching off lights in rooms, hallways, entrances, lobbies and subtitling in all the buildings of the main campus of the university decided to eg. The University of Economics in Katowice. Czestochowa authorities decided to extinguishing the light, among others, Philharmonic, Theatre. A. Mickiewicz, library, town hall, swimming pool and sports hall.

At noon in Warsaw was the final of the ongoing since early March action “for wolf howl.” So far, the WWF howled inhabitants of Bialystok, Gdansk, Olsztyn, Poznan, Rzeszow and Wroclaw. On Saturday, they were joined by residents of Warsaw, Krakow and Lodz. “Wyjemy for the wolf as part of the + Earth Hour +, which is an international campaign WWF” – told PAP spokesman for WWF Poland Paul Śledziński.

Activists point out that despite the fact that under the law of the wolf is with us closely protected, that there are cases of the killing of these animals. “We would like to pay more attention to the people on it, so as not to frighten the wolf, because we live next to a wolf. Breeders can protect their herds, we’re giving away a special electric shepherds, and the state pays fair compensation” – emphasized Śledziński. “Zawyjmy for the wolf, wolf Protect and Respect wolf, because without the wolf nature does not operate normally,” – appealed Śledziński.

He stressed that in Poland for the second time “Earth Hour” is dedicated to the protection of animals. Last year, he moved the problem of endangered Baltic harbor porpoise, and the appeal collected 100 thousand. signatures. Throughout March WWF collects signatures that have expressed support for the protection of wolves. So far we collected more than 23 thousand. signatures.

Environmentalists from WWF call to take care of our planet every day – extinguish unnecessary lights, choose public transport or bicycle instead of a car, shorten bath time, choose local and seasonal products. “What is important is the effect of scale – it is not only how many people extinguish the light, but the fact that each participant will change then their behavior. Even if changes may appear seemingly small, their sum can bring Earth’s great relief,” – emphasizes the WWF.