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Friday 22 March 2024

Dutch Caribbean islands celebrate Earth Hour

This Saturday, govern- pany Eutel N.V. will turn off
ments, and companies on the lights in their buildings.
all six islands of the Dutch Port St. Maarten will discon-
Kingdom will join forces for nect the non-essential lights
nature during WWF-Earth of the Causeway Bridge
Hour. The lighting of bridges, and Saba Electric Compa-
buildings and streetlights ny is going to power down
at various locations will be the streetlights in 3 parts of
switched off for one hour as the island (Hell's Gate Guts,
a signal for the vulnerable Well's Bay Road, and Fort
nature that is threatened Bay Road). WWF-NL also
by climate change, among encourages the local com-
other things. munity to join Earth Hour.

The World Wide Fund for Earth Hour is an annual ini-
Nature – Netherlands tiative of the international
(WWF-NL) is the driving WWF (World Wide Fund
force behind Earth Hour in for Nature). The initiative
the Netherlands, but events started in Sydney in 2007
are now being organized as a small-scale action to
spontaneously throughout draw attention to climate
the country. WWF-NL ap- change. In the years since,
proached governments it has grown into the world's
and companies in the will take place worldwide call received massive sup- With the cooperation of largest movement for the
Dutch Caribbean to partic- on March 23 from 8:30 PM port. Curaçao Ports Authority protection of nature. In ad-
ipate in Earth Hour, which to 9:30 PM local time. This and Aqualectra, the area dition to shutting down the
around Brionplein, the lights, the nature organiza-
Queen Emma bridge, the tion encourages everyone
Handelskade and the Gov- to do something positive
ernor's Palace will be dark. for nature for more than
Government organizations 60 minutes (hence the 60+
on Aruba, Bonaire, St. Eu- logo): for example, eat
statius and Saba, energy plant-based more often,
company STUCO N.V. and recycle more, plant tree,
telecommunications com- etc.q

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