{"id":12237,"date":"2009-04-07T13:43:46","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T13:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress72\/?p=14341"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:37","slug":"switch-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch it off!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  Some of you may have wondered why the Erasmus Bridge was so dark on Saturday, or maybe even asked \u2013 in case you were in Paris \u2013 why all the lights of the Eiffel Tower were switched off. The reason was the so called \u2018Earth Hour\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>  Following an initiative by the WWF in 2007, it has now become a global event: For one hour people are asked to switch off the lights at home trying to bring more attention to the urgent problem of global warming. This year, the results were a record! More than 4,000 cities in eighty countries participated, resulting in one out of seven people in the world contributing to the project. According to representatives of WWF, this was a way for hundreds of millions of people to \u201cvoice their concerns\u201d on climate change.\u00a0 Perhaps the idea seems interesting for one day, but the question remains: will this be enough in order to make people more conscious about global warming? Will the simple act of switching your light off make you more climate-aware? <\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts\" class=\"alignfull py-6 md:py-8 lg:py-10 bg-white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fixed\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-xl md:text-2xl\">Latest news<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"post-grid\" class=\"grid items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8 text-zoom-lg:grid-cols-1\n\t\t\n\t\tlg:grid-cols-3\n\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IM_Rob-van-der-Wal-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789635838\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IM_Rob-van-der-Wal-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789635838 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IM_Rob-van-der-Wal-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789635838 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IM_Rob-van-der-Wal-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789635838 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/17\/in-memoriam-rob-van-der-wal\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tIn memoriam Rob van der Wal\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-09-17\">17 September 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tIn memoriam\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IM_Rob-van-der-Wal-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789635838\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IM_Rob-van-der-Wal-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789635838 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IM_Rob-van-der-Wal-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789635838 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/IM_Rob-van-der-Wal-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789635838 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/17\/in-memoriam-rob-van-der-wal\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tIn memoriam Rob van der Wal\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-09-17\">17 September 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tIn memoriam\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-sand hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/diploma-uitreiking_graduation_eshcc_20240919-005_michelle-muus-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1788861887\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/diploma-uitreiking_graduation_eshcc_20240919-005_michelle-muus-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1788861887 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/diploma-uitreiking_graduation_eshcc_20240919-005_michelle-muus-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1788861887 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/diploma-uitreiking_graduation_eshcc_20240919-005_michelle-muus-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1788861887 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/17\/levendige-handel-in-kaartjes-voor-diploma-uitreiking-woekerprijzen-zijn-onwenselijk\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLively trade in tickets for graduation ceremony: \u2018Excessive prices are undesirable\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-09-17\">17 September 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-sand lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/diploma-uitreiking_graduation_eshcc_20240919-005_michelle-muus-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1788861887\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/diploma-uitreiking_graduation_eshcc_20240919-005_michelle-muus-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1788861887 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/diploma-uitreiking_graduation_eshcc_20240919-005_michelle-muus-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1788861887 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/diploma-uitreiking_graduation_eshcc_20240919-005_michelle-muus-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1788861887 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/17\/levendige-handel-in-kaartjes-voor-diploma-uitreiking-woekerprijzen-zijn-onwenselijk\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tLively trade in tickets for graduation ceremony: \u2018Excessive prices are undesirable\u2019\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-09-17\">17 September 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent life\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-mocha hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\tflex-col @xl:flex-row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative image:w-full image:aspect-video image:object-cover shrink-0 w-full @xl:w-1\/2\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Annelien-Bredenoord_2026-09-09_Arie-Kers_45-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789636901\" class=\"attachment-video_xl size-video_xl\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Annelien-Bredenoord_2026-09-09_Arie-Kers_45-1280x720.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789636901 1280w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Annelien-Bredenoord_2026-09-09_Arie-Kers_45-500x282.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789636901 500w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Annelien-Bredenoord_2026-09-09_Arie-Kers_45-832x468.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789636901 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 p-4 @md:p-8 @xl:p-8 \">\n\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @sm:text-xl @md:text-2xl @xl:text-2xl\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/17\/collegevoorzitter-over-powerhouses-als-we-niets-doen-lopen-we-tegen-een-muur-aan\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current underline-offset-2 decoration-2 hocus:underline @md:decoration-3 @xl:decoration-4 inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tUniversity president on powerhouses: &#8216;If we do nothing, we will hit a wall&#8217;\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-09-17\">17 September 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGovernance\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post-small\" class=\"block-theme-mocha lg:hidden relative flex h-full bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 block-theme-sand:text-neutral-900\n\tblock-theme-violet:outline-purple-100 block-theme-violet:outline-1 block-theme-violet:outline-t-0\n\ttheme-mocha:bg-white! theme-violet:bg-white! theme-sand:bg-white!\n\tflex-row gap-4 @md:gap-8 p-4 @md:p-6\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"image:w-full image:aspect-square image:object-cover shrink-0 size-17.5 @sm:size-21.25 @md:size-30 @lg:size-40\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"460\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Annelien-Bredenoord_2026-09-09_Arie-Kers_45-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789636901\" class=\"attachment-square_lg size-square_lg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Annelien-Bredenoord_2026-09-09_Arie-Kers_45-460x460.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789636901 460w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Annelien-Bredenoord_2026-09-09_Arie-Kers_45-115x115.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789636901 115w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/Annelien-Bredenoord_2026-09-09_Arie-Kers_45-230x230.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1789636901 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2 md:gap-4 \">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"text-md @lg:text-lg\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/17\/collegevoorzitter-over-powerhouses-als-we-niets-doen-lopen-we-tegen-een-muur-aan\/\" class=\"absolute-link text-current hocus:underline inline-block\">\n\t\t\t\tUniversity president on powerhouses: &#8216;If we do nothing, we will hit a wall&#8217;\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-09-17\">17 September 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGovernance\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-right text-brown-600\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n<a\n\tdata-variant=\"outline\"\n\tdata-size=\"default\"\n\tclass=\"group inline-flex justify-center items-center gap-2 cursor-pointer text-md font-soehne underline-offset-2 decoration-2 px-4 min-h-[3.75rem] border-2 border-current bg-transparent text-current font-bold hocus:underline w-full lg:w-auto\"\n\n\t\n\t\t\thref=\"\"\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span data-button-text class=\"\">\n\t\t\tAll articles\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" flex items-center justify-center w-[1em] h-[1em] icon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"20\" height=\"17\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 17\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M18.25 7.5C18.8023 7.5 19.25 7.94772 19.25 8.5C19.25 9.05228 18.8023 9.5 18.25 9.5H1.75C1.19772 9.5 0.75 9.05228 0.75 8.5C0.75 7.94772 1.19772 7.5 1.75 7.5H18.25Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<path d=\"M10.793 1.04295C11.1835 0.65243 11.8165 0.65243 12.207 1.04295L18.957 7.79295C19.3476 8.18348 19.3476 8.81649 18.957 9.20702L12.207 15.957C11.8165 16.3475 11.1835 16.3475 10.793 15.957C10.4024 15.5665 10.4024 14.9335 10.793 14.543L16.8359 8.49999L10.793 2.45702C10.4024 2.06649 10.4024 1.43348 10.793 1.04295Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may have wondered why the Erasmus Bridge was so dark on Saturday, or maybe even asked \u2013 in case you were in Paris \u2013 why all the lights of the Eiffel Tower were switched off. The reason was the so called \u2018Earth Hour\u2019. Following an initiative by the WWF in 2007, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"em_content_type":[24778],"class_list":["post-12237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-en","em_content_type-nieuws"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Switch it off!!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Switch it off!!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some of you may have wondered why the Erasmus Bridge was so dark on Saturday, or maybe even asked \u2013 in case you were in Paris \u2013 why all the lights of the Eiffel Tower were switched off. The reason was the so called \u2018Earth Hour\u2019. Following an initiative by the WWF in 2007, it [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Erasmus Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ErasmusMagazineInternational\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-04-07T13:43:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-19T10:22:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/12142930\/erasmus-feat-image-template1-21.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139131\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@erasmusmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@erasmusmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/\"},\"author\":\"\",\"headline\":\"Switch it off!!\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-07T13:43:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-19T10:22:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":175,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Internationalisation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/\",\"name\":\"Switch it off!!\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-07T13:43:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-19T10:22:37+00:00\",\"author\":\"\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/07\\\/switch-it-off\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Switch it off!!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Erasmus Magazine\",\"description\":\"Independent news platform of Erasmus University Rotterdam\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Switch it off!!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Switch it off!!","og_description":"Some of you may have wondered why the Erasmus Bridge was so dark on Saturday, or maybe even asked \u2013 in case you were in Paris \u2013 why all the lights of the Eiffel Tower were switched off. The reason was the so called \u2018Earth Hour\u2019. Following an initiative by the WWF in 2007, it [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/","og_site_name":"Erasmus Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ErasmusMagazineInternational\/","article_published_time":"2009-04-07T13:43:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-12-19T10:22:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/12\/12142930\/erasmus-feat-image-template1-21.png?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139131","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@erasmusmag","twitter_site":"@erasmusmag","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/"},"author":"","headline":"Switch it off!!","datePublished":"2009-04-07T13:43:46+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-19T10:22:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/"},"wordCount":175,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Internationalisation"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/","url":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/","name":"Switch it off!!","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2009-04-07T13:43:46+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-19T10:22:37+00:00","author":"","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2009\/04\/07\/switch-it-off\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Switch it off!!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/","name":"Erasmus Magazine","description":"Independent news platform of Erasmus University Rotterdam","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186097,"href":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12237\/revisions\/186097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12237"},{"taxonomy":"em_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/em_content_type?post=12237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}