BLACKOUT LONDON
4th November 2006
http://www.workface-limited.co.uk/html/blackout.html

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

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 the rising Carbon Dioxide
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, we are asking everyone who receives this
message to think about what they can turn off, switch off and unplug, to
show support.

We want the power demand in the United Kingdom to reduce so much that
the newspapers are obliged to report it.

We want the lights to go out in London, so that on the night 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 !

If you are a security guard for an office block in London, please ask
your employers when you should be turning the lights out. If you are a
church warden, please check with your church council to see if they
agree to switching off the floodlights. If you are working for your
local Council, ask if you can help them implement an energy reduction
plan to turn off lights, computers and fans at the weekend. If you are
at home, switch off your set-top boxes, pull all the chargers out of the
wall sockets, turn off lights in any room you are not using, switch off
any machine with a digital clock in it, unplug the hi-fi and the TV and
the games console, de-frost your freezer, switch off your fridge for a
couple of hours. Turn the central heating thermostat down to 16 degrees
and put a woolly sweater/jumper on if you're cold.

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POWER CUT

Blackout London is being called by the same group that organised the
Power Cut on 31st August 2006, and is being promoted by workface :-
http://www.workface-limited.co.uk/html/blackout.html
http://www.workface-limited.co.uk/html/powercut.html

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COME OFF IT !

Blackout London is being called in cooperation with Come Off It ! the
campaign from Dave Hampton, the Carbon Coach, as part of a series of
regular events to produce negawatts - negative power demand - from the
People's Power Station :-
http://www.carboncoach.com/comeoffit/index.html

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STOP CLIMATE CHAOS

Over 2 million people in the United Kingdom are members of organisations
that have been invited by Stop Climate Chaos to take part in the I-Count
event in Trafalgar Square, London on Saturday 4th November 2006. I-Count
is a national campaign to invite people to pledge to reduce their
personal Carbon Dioxide emissions, and the I-Count Total Carbon Saved
will be celebrated on 4th November 2006 :-
http://www.icount.org.uk
http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/66.asp

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BIG ASK

Friends of the Earth are running the Big Ask campaign up until 11th
October 2006, encouraging everyone to ask their UK Member of Parliament
to support the Climate Change Bill. Big Ask Members of Parliament will
be speaking at the Stop Climate Chaos rally in Trafalgar Square, London
on Saturday 4th November 2006 :-
http://www.foe.org.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/big_month/index.htm
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http://www.foe.org.uk

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CLIMATE MARCH

The Campaign against Climate Change is calling for people from all
sectors of society to join the Global March for Climate Justice on 4th
November 2006. The Climate March will hear speeches at Grosvenor Square,
London at 12 midday under the shadow of the United States Embassy before
moving off to join the I-Count rally in Trafalgar Square, London :-
http://www.campaigncc.org
http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org
http://portal.campaigncc.org

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CARNIVAL OF CLIMATE CHAOS

People and Planet are holding a street carnival of Climate Chaos on 4th
November :-
http://peopleandplanet.org/november4

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GUY FAWKES

We need to return to the time of Guy Fawkes : light candles instead of
lightbulbs; burn wood instead of Natural Gas; travel by foot instead of
by car; power our labour with windmills and water mills instead of
coal-fired electricity generation.

To support Blackout London and the Climate Rally, instead of holding
your Bonfire Party on 4th November 2006, please hold it the Saturday
afterwards, or enjoy your bonfire and fireworks on 5th November 2006
itself.

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Global Commons Institute : http://www.gci.org.uk
Stop Climate Chaos : http://www.stopclimatechaos.org/66.asp
I Count : http://www.icount.org.uk
workface : http://www.workface.org
Campaign against Climate Change forum : http://portal.campaigncc.org
Campaign against Climate Change : http://www.campaigncc.org
Global Climate Campaign : http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org
Christian Ecology Link : http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk
Operation Noah : http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/noah/index.htm
Big Ask : 
http://www.foe.org.uk/campaigns/climate/press_for_change/big_month/index.htm
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Climate Outreach Information Network : http://www.coinet.org.uk
Quaker Green Action : http://www.livingwitness.org.uk
People & Planet : http://peopleandplanet.org
Speak : http://www.speak.org.uk
Year of Living Generously : http://www.generous.org.uk
Take Global Warming Seriously : http://www.tgws.org.uk

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