Lights off at 9pm
 

Lots of businesses and people are switching off their lights tonight at 9pm for an hour to raise awareness. Including Buckingham palace, St Pauls cathedral and even the large advertising boards in piccadilly circus will be switched off.
I am def joining in!

article in the observer:
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/en...099625,00.html

to raise awareness for what?

edit: ok im stupid :P

Nooo I'm in London then, I'm scared of the dark!

aahh the benfits of being just outside london but in london at the same time.
lights on all night for me :3

im going to join in tooo!

damn i think work would get pissed off if i started turning all their lifghts off tonight

Im in the dark all the time so woo lol.

Lights Out London! *Dances*

Yay for Capital radio!

If you're scared of the dark, just turn out all unnecessary lights - you need not turn out every single light, just all of the ones which you don't NEED on.

I'll definately be joining in!
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Why only London? I'd love to do something like that here.

From what I understand they wanted to do all of Britain tonight but the people in charge said no, something to do with a power surge when everyone switched their lights back on at the same time.

It's all in the article. (I think)

It's not a new thing, it's been done in different places before. Sydney did it a while ago... I think they want it to spread so lots of different cities/towns/communities will do it too.

xS

Who said everyone would switch back on though? Timed areas could work and look rather cool! Children & OAP's will be asleep or going to bed, so it wouldn't be such a huge surge. I usually switch off at around eight and use the TV as a light for the rest of the room.

bah i guess theres nothing stoping people outside of london doing it plus i like the idea it could cause problems to the national grid :P

Thats really cool. I wish that would happen here, I totally join in.

To be honest, it's 9 now in the UK & I haven't got lights on anyway seeing as it's so light, so I guess i'm joining in without meaning to =P

Same..it's so light out
there's no need for lights to be on anyway!
lol

I was in London at 9pm and noticed o difference. When I got home my flat mate left two lights on in my house and she wasn't there. I guess we weren't joining in.

lol my and my boyfriends turned all the lights ON. such rebels^^

Thats one of the most stupid things i've heard of in awhile :o Though near all these "Awareness Raisers" are.

Even so, surely to raise awareness, you should be shedding light on a subject, not taking it off? :o

the bit that got me was the news programs setting up the cameras eating up power so they could put this power saving revalution on the news to say look theres no lights we filmed it :-s

i missed it :(