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A friend sent me this.  I hadn't heard about this before but plan on 
taking part.
Susanna Eve in Halifax, NS



>  Thursday, Feb 1 at 13:55 (1:55 PM)
>  *
>
>  *Participate in the biggest mobilization of Citizens
>  Against Global
>  Warming!
>
>  The Alliance for the Planet [a group of
>  environmental associations] is
>  calling on all citizens to create 5 minutes of
>  electrical rest for the
>  planet.
>       Click on   http://www.lalliance.fr/
>
>  People all over the world should turn off their
>  lights and electrical
>  appliances on the first of February 2007, for FIVE
>  MINUTES at-
>
>  1.55 pm to 2.00 pm in New York, Ottawa, Montreal and
>  Toronto
>  *
>
>  *18.55 for London, and 19.55 for Paris, Bruxelles,
>  and Italy. *
>
>  *10.55am on the Pacific Coast of North America.
>
>  This is not just about saving 5 minutes worth of
>  electricity; this is
>  about getting the attention of the media,
>  politicians, and ourselves.
>
>  Five minutes of electrical down time for the planet:
>  this does not take
>  long, and costs nothing, and will show all political
>  leaders that
>  global warming is an issue that needs to come first
>  and foremost in
>  political debate.
>
>  Why February 1? This is the day when the new UN
>  report on global
>  climate change will come out in Paris.
>
>  This event affects us all, involves us all, and
>  provides an occasion to
>  show how important an issue global warming is to us.
>  If we all
>  participate, this action can have real media and
>  political weight.* *
>
>  *Please circulate this call to your utmost ability
>  to your network.**
>
>  * *
>