---------- From: "David T. Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mark Petrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jill Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Patricia Innis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: A Gesture We Can Do Date: Sun, May 20, 2001, 11:14 PM This seems like such a kick to me. I am going to enjoy doing it, and I can see it having an impact. Reluctant as I am to admit it, the Bush/Cheney duo seems more likely to consider opinion than I thought. And the idea of a massive, doable, powerful statement of concern and interest sounds wonderful to me. It's something with which I resonate on many levels. I call it "Lights Out for the Earth: Lights Out for Bush!" Please pass this on. With enthusiasm, David ROLL YOUR OWN BLACKOUT THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER JUNE 21, 2001 THURS EVE, 7-10pm worldwide, all time zones As an alternative to George W. Bush's energy policies and lack of emphasis on efficiency, conservation and alternative fuels, there will be a voluntary rolling blackout on the first day of summer, June 21 at 7pm - 10pm in any time zone (this will roll it across the planet). Its a simple protest and a symbolic act. Turn out your lights from 7pm-10pm on June 21. Unplug whatever you can unplug in your house. Light a candle to the Sungoddess, kiss and tell or not, take a stroll in the dark, invent ghost stories, anything that's not electronic - have fun in the dark. Read the 1999 book "Natural Capitalism" by Hawken and Lovins to learn that conservation/high efficiency technologies already ARE on-the-shelf. If implemented these revolutionary ideas would pay themselves off within five years, after which we'd be pumping far less greenhouse gas into the atmosphere and saving bucks to boot. Forward this email as widely as possible, to your government representatives and environmental contacts. Let them know we want global education, participation and funding in conservation, efficiency and alternative fuel efforts -- and an end to over-exploitation and misuse of the earth's resources. Anyone knows that the Cheney-Bush team is blowing smoke when they tell us that "... conservation can't help, it'll just be too expensive to implement those technologies..." While on the other hand, technology to develop and deploy weapons to blow incoming ICBMs out of the sky are easy to come by. This comment came back from one of our environmental colleagues in Nigeria: A word from Oronto Douglas of Nigeria re: Roll Your Own Blackout, June 21st: This is great! Millions and millions across the Niger Delta may not, however, be able to join this great initiative voluntarily. As you all know over ninety percent of the region is not electrified thanks to the oil companies who spew billions of tons of carbon into the atmosphere through artificial fires and lighting called gas flares. So I urge those who have almost permanent energy sources from oil, gas, coal and nuclear power to use the opportunity to reflect and support this symbolic protest towards sustainability in the energy question. Oronto
