‘Yes, Earth Hour may be a New Year’s Eve in reverse; the global celebration shrouded in darkness devoid of fireworks and live music’

More South Africans have enjoyed candlelight dinners during Earth Hour as Eskom has reported reduced energy usage during this time frame.

Landmarks and skylines were plunged into darkness as lights around the world were switched off for ‘Earth Hour’ to raise awareness of climate change.

Iconic landmarks, including Table Mountain, around the world will cut their lights for the ‘Earth Hour’ campaign against climate change.

As people around the world do their part against global warming it is almost South Africa’s turn to turn off their lights for Earth Hour 2012.

During Earth Hour on Saturday, South Africans saved 350 megawatts of electricity, enough to power Bloemfontein for a whole day, Eskom said.

Lights went off around the world on Saturday as landmark buildings and ordinary homes flipped their switches.

Lights will go out around the world on Saturday with hundreds of millions of people set to take part in the Earth Hour climate change campaign.

Landmarks such as Sydney’s Opera House, Beijing’s Forbidden City and Taiwan’s Taipei 101 office tower temporarily went dark on Saturday.

Sydney’s Harbour Bridge and Opera House temporarily went dark on Saturday as nations across the western Pacific turned out the lights for Earth Hour.

Global landmarks from Sydney’s Opera House to the Forbidden City, to the glittering Las Vegas Strip, will be plunged into darkness on Saturday.

From an Antarctic research base and the Great Pyramids of Egypt to the Empire State Building in New York, patches of the globe went dark on Saturday.