date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 13:57:08 +0000 (GMT) from: Erik Buitenhuis subject: Action against climate change to: env.all@uea.ac.uk Turn everything off On February 1st between 7:55 p.m. until 8 p.m. Urgent: action against climate change On February 1st you can participate in the worldwide greatest action against climate change!!! Various environmental organizations are asking the peoples of this planet to hold 5 minutes of .silence.: Everyone should turn off all lights, electricity etc. between 7:55 until 8 p.m. to bring attention to other inhabitants, the media and politicians about the daily waste of energy. An act which takes only 5 minutes, which costs nothing, but shows the governments that climate change should be on the top agenda of world politics. Why this date? On February 1st the United Nations is publicizing the newest results and knowledge base on climate change. -- Curiously, peace time appeals for idividuals to make some small sacrifice in the rate at which they increase their standard of living seem to be less effective that war time appeals for individuals to lay down their lives. Richard Dawkins http://lgmacweb.env.uea.ac.uk/green_ocean/positions/Buitenhuis/ UEA:0(044)1603-592648 BAS:0(044)1223-221347