Minions will be screened on the big screen under the stars at Ziems Park, Corrimal on Saturday to help celebrate the 10th anniversary of Earth Hour.
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Food and drinks will be available for purchase at the event organised by Wollongong City Council.
Gates open at 6pm with the family-friendly film to screen at 8pm and finish by 10pm.
Council will be switching off all non-essential lighting at its facilities on March 25 as part of its Earth Hour celebrations.
It encourages those who can’t attend the movie screening to host their own Earth Hour events.
Balgownie Public School will join hundreds of schools throughout the country and switch off all lights and screens for an hour on Friday, March 24.
Earth Hour launched in Sydney in 2007, with 2.2 million people and 2100 businesses participating in the ‘lights off’ event.
Earth Hour 2017 marks 10 years since the lights-out event first started in Australia.
Launched by WWF-Australia, the event has become the world’s biggest grassroots environmental movement where landmarks and communities switch off their lights to show their support for a brighter future for the planet.
Earth Hour is now celebrated in over 170 countries and over 7000 cities, with over six million Australians taking part.
The event’s one mission is to ‘unite people to protect the planet and show they care about its future’.
‘’Australians should feel proud of the role they’ve played in starting a decade-long, global conversation about climate change. It’s a great Australian success story,’’ WWF-Australia CEO Dermot O’Gormon said.
‘’What started as an Aussie movement has grown into a global phenomenon for climate change.
‘’We have seen a huge number of positive steps towards a brighter future in the decade since Earth Hour started, proof that one person can make a difference.’’
This year’s Earth Hour theme is children and the future.
Schools across Australia will celebrate Earth Hour on Friday, March 24 with in-class activities, special lessons and turning off non-essential lighting.
On Saturday, Australians will be called upon to turn off their lights between 8:30pm and 9.30pm as a symbol of support for a low pollution, clean energy future for all generations.
Visit www.earthhour.org.au/events/ to register an event or attend a local event.
