BLACKOUT LONDON workface network has joined forces with the Come Off It campaign from the Carbon Coach, to promote a night of non-power on 4th November 2006, in support of the International Day of Climate Change Action and the I Count Climate Change Rally in Trafalgar Square, London.
Known as "BLACKOUT LONDON", the powerdown is being called at Sunset from 4.30 pm until 7.30 pm. People, businesses, and public buildings are all being asked to turn out the lights and switch off unessential equipment at this time, with the aim of increasing negawatts (and reducing megawatts) at local power stations. Other campaigners are already keen to participate. One member of the Campaign against Climate Change thinks that it may be possible to see London blacked out from space, and would love to see the big tourist attractions and office buildings turn out their lights for the evening. "A major coup would be to get the neon advertisements at Picadilly turned off for thirty minutes, and it would be absolutely fantastic if the major churches delayed turning on their floodlights for a couple of hours !" An activist from the Camp for Climate Action, who did not want to be named, said that the call was very much in line with Climate Camp measures for sustainable living, but hoped that people did not go too far and turn off important machines. jo abbess of workface network was very enthusiastic about the action. "We must keep a sense of doing something positive about Climate Change : taking firm, definite action to reduce power consumption is one of the best ways to conserve the environment. We hope that people switch things off on a regular basis, not just for one evening. If everyone acts together on 4th November, it would be fantastic ! We should be able to get demand reduction figures from the electricity companies, which will prove how successful we have been." Dave Hampton, the Carbon Coach, is hoping for a large response to his appeal to Come Off It, after a successful power-free day in May this year. His engaging, people-friendly approach to reducing power consumption has attracted excellent media attention, and a lot of respect amongst other environmental campaigners. jo shares Dave's approach to public action, "Unplugging the TV and turning off the outside lights is very therapeutic. Let's have fun saving the Planet !" she said. workface http://www.workface.org http://www.workface.org/html/blackout.html Carbon Coach Come Off It http://www.comeoffit.org.uk Stop Climate Chaos I Count http://www.icount.org.uk http://www.stopclimatechaos.org Campaign against Climate Change http://www.campaigncc.org http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org http://portal.campaigncc.org Climate Camp http://www.climatecamp.org.uk Operation Noah http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/noah/index.htm PLEASE SEND THIS E-MAIL TO TEN PEOPLE _______________________________________________ Lista de discussão da MetaReciclagem Envie mensagens para [email protected] http://lista.metareciclagem.org
