Lights-out day

In a bid to remind everyone of the amount of energy we waste every day, environmental groups are asking us to shut off the lights for five minutes between 6:55 and 7:00pm UK time today for the good of the planet--even the Eiffel Tower will be shut off for those 5 minutes. Officially dubbed " 5 minutes de répit pour la planète", the initiative is an effort to remind us--and our politicians--that we are wasting energy and need to take action.