Environmentalists: "Turn everything off!" on February 1st
{{date|January 28, 2007}}

[[Image:Amisdelaterre campaign poster.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The campaign's poster.]]

"L’Alliance pour la Planète", a collective of [[France|French]] [[environment]]al organizations (such as [[w:World Wide Fund for Nature|WWF]] France), has launched a campaign to promote awareness on [[w:climate change|climate change]]. Under the theme ''Turn everything off!'', they're asking people to turn off their electricity for five minutes on February 1st, between 7:55pm and 8:00pm CET. With the initiative, they hope to remind others, the media and politicians (such as the candidates for the upcoming [[w:French presidential election, 2007|French Presidential elections]]) of the ongoing waste of energy. Everyone should turn off the light, as well as all electrical appliances -maybe a good moment for a candlelight dinner, they suggest.

The "five minutes of silence" are believed to put pressure on world governments to discuss the topic more seriously on an international scale. Since the first call various similar international groups have stated their support and currently promote the idea on their websites and newsletters.

The date was originally chosen to match the release of the [[United Nations]] fourth climate change report, in which 2,500 scientists from more than 130 countries present their latest findings. The report however has been delayed and will now be released on February 2nd.

In [[Belgium]], non-profit organizations such as [[w:Oxfam|Oxfam]] support the action. The consortium is working with the power distribution company to prevent any negative impact a sudden drop of energy demand might have on the electricity network.

==Sources==
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.amisdelaterre.org/Participez-a-la-plus-grande.html
|title=Participez à la plus grande mobilisation citoyenne contre le changement climatique !
|author=
|pub=Les Amis de la Terre
|date=Retrieved January 30, 2007
|lang=French}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.lalliance.fr/50-5-Minutes-De-Repit-Pour-La-Planete
|title=5 minutes de répit pour la planète
|author=
|pub=L’Alliance pour la Planète
|date=January 27, 2007
|lang=French}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.umwelt.kommunikationssystem.de/read.php?id=35341
|title=Groesste Buergeraktion gegen den Klimawandel
|author=Greenhouse/JPBerlin
|pub=kommunikationssystem.de
|date=Jaunary 25, 2007
|lang=German}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.amisdelaterre.be/IMG/pdf/CP_20070123_EteignezTout.pdf
|title=Le 1er février entre 19h55 et 20h00, on éteint tout!
|pub=Les Amis de la Terre
|date=January 23, 2007
|lang=French}}
*{{source|url=http://www.standaard.be/Artikel/Detail.aspx?artikelId=B365179070122
|title=Milieuverenigingen vragen alle lichten te doven op 1 februari
|author=
|pub=De Standaard
|date=January 22, 2007
|lang=Dutch}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/artikel/2/98903/
|title=UN-Bericht: Neue Zahlen zum Klimawandel
|author=Süddeutsche Zeitung Online
|pub=Süddeutsche Zeitung Online
|date=January 22, 2007
|lang=German}}
*{{source-pr|url=http://oekonews.at/index.php?mdoc_id=1018587
|title=Weltweite Aktion zum Klimawandel
|author=Doris Holler-Bruckner
|pub=Oekonews.at
|date=Jaunary 21, 2007
|lang=German}}

==External links==
*[http://www.amisdelaterre.org/ Amis de la Terre] homepage
*[http://www.lalliance.fr/ L’Alliance pour la Planète] homepage

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The campaign's poster.

"L’Alliance pour la Planète", a collective of French environmental organizations (such as WWF France), has launched a campaign to promote awareness on climate change. Under the theme Turn everything off!, they're asking people to turn off their electricity for five minutes on February 1st, between 7:55pm and 8:00pm CET. With the initiative, they hope to remind others, the media and politicians (such as the candidates for the upcoming French Presidential elections) of the ongoing waste of energy. Everyone should turn off the light, as well as all electrical appliances -maybe a good moment for a candlelight dinner, they suggest.

The "five minutes of silence" are believed to put pressure on world governments to discuss the topic more seriously on an international scale. Since the first call various similar international groups have stated their support and currently promote the idea on their websites and newsletters.

The date was originally chosen to match the release of the United Nations fourth climate change report, in which 2,500 scientists from more than 130 countries present their latest findings. The report however has been delayed and will now be released on February 2nd.

In Belgium, non-profit organizations such as Oxfam support the action. The consortium is working with the power distribution company to prevent any negative impact a sudden drop of energy demand might have on the electricity network.
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