Edinburgh Castle joins Earth Hour

Edinburgh Castle is to join other globally recognised sites including the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State Building in Earth Hour, where communities, cities and buildings switch their lights to support action on climate change.

Earth Hour is organised by the World Wildlife Fund and was launched in Australia in 2007. This year, over 154 countries are expected to take part. Historic Scotland's contribution to the Earth Hour will include participation by several of its sites including:

• Linlithgow Palace
• Urquhart Castle
• Stirling Castle
• Castle Campbell
• Dundonald Castle
• Ruthven Barracks

Lang Banks, Director of WWF Scotland said: 'It’s fantastic news that Historic Scotland is supporting WWF's Earth Hour yet again in 2014. This year looks set to be another amazing event with people, organisations and communities up and down the country joining together in a dramatic hour of action on climate change.

'WWF’s Earth Hour is a simple way to show support for protecting our brilliant planet by tackling climate change. Historic Scotland's decision to become an Earth Hour star demonstrates their commitment to this issue. Earth Hour is our planet’s time to shine - we hope everyone will feel inspired to join us in a dazzling display of support by signing up today.'

For more on Earth Hour, visit the WWF Scotland website.

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