Manila, Philippines, Mar 18, 2016 / 13:34 pm
A Filipino cardinal has encouraged Catholics to support this year's "Earth Hour," a global environmental campaign that consists of switching off the lights for one hour this Saturday.
Organized by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), Earth Hour 2016 is scheduled for March 19. Participants are asked to switch off non-essential lights from 8:30-9:30 p.m. local time as a gesture of commitment to the environment.
"Let us do away with electrical appliances to give earth a rest," said Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila in support of the initiative.
The simple action of switching off appliances, he said, will reduce power and also remind people to be conscious of the created world around them.