[SustainableTompkins] [Fwd: Remember Remember the 4th of November!]

[Stephanie Greenwood]

Interesting idea. Wonder if we could do something like that here as a 
People Power demo against climate change?
Stephanie



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Remember Remember the 4th of November!
Date: 	Wed, 1 Nov 2006 13:40:15 +0000
From: 	Hockerton Housing Project <hhp at hockerton.demon.co.uk>
To: 	stephaniegreenwood at blueyonder.co.uk



**B L A C K O U T L O N D O N (& other parts of UK) 4th November
2006**

Starting at Sunset - 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm

You are invited to take part in the largest demonstration of People
Power that London (and the UK) has ever seen on Saturday 4th November
2006, by turning off all your lights, and switching off all your
non-essential electrical equipment at Sunset.

Climate Change is already compromising the water supply, crops,
habitat and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide, and
threatens to undermine the Global Economy within a few decades, as
well as creating waves of Climate Refugees, and driving countless
animals and plants to extinction.

The principal cause of Global Warming is Carbon Dioxide rising
emissions into the atmosphere from the burning of Fossil Fuels, for
electricity generation, transport, manufacturing, industry, space
heating and air conditioning.

REMEMBER, REMEMBER, THE FOURTH OF NOVEMBER !

For one day in November, people are being asked to think about what
they can turn off, switch off and unplug, to show support. If
successful the power demand in the United Kingdom will reduce so much
that the newspapers are obliged to report it.

The organisers want the lights to go out in London [and why not
elsewhere, HHP], so that on the evening of 4th November 2006, the
dimming effect will be visible from space.

To protect us from the Enemy of Climate Change, we need a War on
Energy Abuse. Just like Britain during World War Two, we need to see
a Blackout all over London.

CELEBRATE THE NIGHT OF POWER : TURN OFF ! SWITCH OFF ! UNPLUG !

Including:
&bull; Switch off your set-top boxes
&bull; Pull all the chargers out of the wall sockets
&bull; Turn off lights in any room you are not using
&bull; Switch off any machine with a digital clock in it
&bull; Unplug the hi-fi and the TV and the games console
&bull; De-frost your freezer
&bull; Switch off your fridge for a couple of hours 
&bull; Turn the central heating thermostat down to 16 degrees and put
a woolly sweater/jumper on if you're cold.

For more information about this event and similar campaigns - see
<http://www.hockertonhousingproject.org.uk/lists/lt.php?id=MUtXU14ICUsFXR1aBgQ%3D>




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