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Originally published on Thursday, 01 February 2007

Lights Off

I try to keep it quiet, but I'm pretty green. When you are raised in the city that invented Greenpeace, it's hard to shake the value system.

Sure, I may not subscribe to the earth mother look - the razor is my friend - but I still donate to the World Wildlife Fund, refuse to wear carcass and am seriously anal about recycling. Just ask my poor flatmate; she gets glared at every time she throws paper in the bin.

So imagine my glee at the announcement of international lights-out day. In a bid to remind everyone of the amount of energy we waste every day, environmental groups are asking us to shut off the lights for five minutes between 6:55 and 7:00pm today.

What you do in those five minutes is obviously up to you, but if this catches on, I'd imagine a babyboom in exactly nine months.

Because five minutes is an awfully long time for you guys.

5 minutes of respite for the Planet
The L’Alliance pour la Planète requests that all turn off their lights for five minutes between 6:55 and 7:00pm UK time today for the good of the planet.

by EC

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