Spain: 5 minutes of darkness for the planet

Ecologistas en Acción, the Spanish environmental NGO, has called on citizens to turn out their lights for 5 minutes tonight, 15th November, on the same day as the Intergovernmental panel for Climate Change (IPCC) is meeting in Valencia.

The ?apagon? ? big turn off ? is planned for 20:00 across the whole of Spain (see the list below) and is a grassroots campaign that has been called on by 220 national organisations to raise awareness about the grave threats posed by climate change.

NGOs have asked local governments to join the campaign, and the following have agreed:
Agulo (La Gomera), Alajeró (La Gomera), Aldaia (València), Algar (Cádiz), Alicante, Almería, Arcos (Cádiz), Arganda del Rey (Madrid), Avilés (Asturias), Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara), Badajoz, Badalona, Baeza (Jáen), Barcelona, Barlovento (La Palma, Canarias), Begues (Barcelona), Bilbao, Bornos (Cádiz), Cáceres, Cádiz, Calatayud (Zaragoza), Cangas del Narcea (Asturias), Carreño (Asturias), Castellar de la Frontera (Cádiz), Ceuta, Conil (Cádiz), Córdoba, Chiclana (Cádiz), Donostia-San Sebastián, El Paso (La Palma, Canarias), El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz), Elche, Escurial (Cáceres), Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona), Estella (Navarra), Gaianes (Alicante), Gijón (Asturias), Guadalajara, Hermigua (La Gomera), Jaén, Jerez (Cádiz), Lena (Asturias), León, Lleida, Manacor (Balears), Marchamalo (Guadalajara), Mérida, Mislata (València), Molina de Segura (Murcia), Muro (Alicante), Olvera (Cádiz), Palma de Mallorca (Baleares), Pamplona-Iruña, Paterna (Valencia), Plasencia, Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura), Puntagorda (La Palma, Canarias), Rivas Vaciamadrid (Madrid), San Fernando (Cádiz), San Fernando de Henares (Madrid), San Sebastián de La Gomera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), Sant Boi de Llobregat (Barcelona), Santa Brígida (Gran Canaria), Santander, Sevilla, Torrejón de Ardoz (Madrid), Torrent (València), Totana (Murcia), Tudela (Navarra), Valdemoro (Madrid), València, Valle Gran Rey (La Gomera), Vallehermoso (La Gomera), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Zaragoza.

More info:
http://apagon15n.blogspot.com