Guayas Will Turn off Their Lights for the World

Jimmy Jairala, Prefect of the Province of Guayas in Ecuador, promised to arrange with private and public entities to join the global campaign of “Earth Hour” this Saturday.

This initiative has nearly a thousand followers worldwide and it consists in turning off for an hour the lights of landmarks, signs, appliances, but without leaving the the city in darkness.

The so called “World Blackout” will be held from 20:30 to 21:30 (local time)

Source: El Universo Newspaper