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Candle Night Newsletter July 7 Special.pdf...

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Topics *Event report--"Tokyo Happyakuyatou" and Tokyo Tower's Lights-down *Reports from the world ...

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Candle Night Newsletter Summer Update.pdf...

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Topics *2008 Summer Solstice Marks Candle Night's Fifth Anniversary of Sending a Message to the Worl...

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Invitation to Candle Night Summer Solstice 2008.pdf...

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Topics *Candle Night Summer Solstice 2008 *Brief Report of Candle Night Winter Solstice 2007 *Candle...

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You may find it difficult to burn a candle up to the last drop of wax. Many people have candles they...

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On July 7, 2008, Japanese Ministry of the Environment called businesses, public and private organiza...

On July 7, 2008, Japanese Ministry of the Environment called businesses, public and private organizaions to turn off their lights, along with June 21 campaign. Major landmarks, such as the Tokyo Tower, the Rainbow Bridge, Nagoya Castle and other iconic buildings joined. According to the ministry, 76,139 facilities joind, and an estimated 1,200,000 kilowatts per hour of electricity (475 ton CO2 equivalent) was saved. tag:www.candle-night.org,2008:/english/2008summer//9.803 2008-07-07T04:59:49Z 2008-07-07T05:10:50Z

We have received many messages from people in Japan and in the world. You can read our recommended m...

here Some Japanese messages have been translated into English. The following messages are ones we received on June 21. ------- Instead of worrying about the future, I will just look straight ahead to what I can do now. I hope that somehow, somewhere, you and I will be connected to each other... ------- Our planet needs a little break. Mother Earth must be tired. ------- Hoping candles are lit in the hearts of earthquake victims. ------- Let's share everyone's kindness, little by little, to our planet. ------- Not for our planet, but for us. The stars will shine when we turn off the lights. ------- Little power is not powerless. Each of our little powers can work miracles. Yes! ------- On the shortest night of the year... Hoping wonderful lights will be lit in everyone's heart. ------- Is the fire in your heart burning? ------- Hoping that every minute and every second we spend with our loved ones will go by slowly. ------- If we don't change now, when can we? ------- Near the Tokyo Tower without lights, our family will light candles. What shall we talk about? ------- Hoping everyone in the world will focus on one challenge just like we are all looking at candlelight together. ------- ]]> tag:www.candle-night.org,2008:/english/2008summer//9.802 2008-07-07T04:53:21Z 2008-07-07T04:58:45Z

July 7th, 2008, the last day of the Candle Night week 2008. Turn off your lights for two hours from ...

July 7th, 2008, the last day of the Candle Night week 2008. Turn off your lights for two hours from 8 to 10 p.m. Do something special . . . Read a book with your child by candlelight. Enjoy a quiet dinner with a special person. This night can mean many things for many people. A time to save energy, to think about peace, to think about people in distant lands who share our planet. Pulling the plug open the window to a new world. Awakens as to human freedom and diversity. It is a process of discovery about our potential. However you spend them, for just tow hours, join us. Turning off the lights, and help us spread a gentle wave of candlelight around the earth. tag:www.candle-night.org,2008:/english/2008summer//9.799 2008-07-06T07:26:50Z 2008-07-06T07:31:00Z

Over 142 buildings in the Victoria Harbor area turned out their lights for one hour from 20:30 to 21...

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=hcjKF_tj6ek Aviva Life Insurance Co., a supporter of the campaign also provided a short movie. You can enjoy it at the following URL. http://www.dragontc.com/aviva/ ]]> tag:www.candle-night.org,2008:/english/2008summer//9.798 2008-07-06T07:23:56Z 2008-07-06T07:26:12Z

In Beijing, the lights-out action was dedicated to the victims of the Sichuan earthquake. Neighborho...

In Beijing, the lights-out action was dedicated to the victims of the Sichuan earthquake. Neighborhoods in Dongsi, Xin Tiandi and Nanluogu joined the movement. In Sichuan Province, where the great earthquake hit, people in Chengdu City turned their lights out for one hour. They prayed for the victims of the great earthquake that devastated the area on May 12, 2008. In Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, streetlights of main roads were turned off after 20:00. They extended the lights-out period from one hour to four hours. tag:www.candle-night.org,2008:/english/2008summer//9.797 2008-07-06T07:20:31Z 2008-07-06T07:23:17Z

Over 130,000 people joined "Lights Out Day" in Taiwan on June 21. Lights were turned off from 20:00 ...

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In Seoul, a countdown event was held from 18:00 to 22:00 at the foot of the N Seoul Tower. One of ...

In Seoul, a countdown event was held from 18:00 to 22:00 at the foot of the N Seoul Tower. One of the events was to support and encourage people who wanted to express their love for someone, but had not yet done so. At the public event, people brought flowers to say "I love you" to their special person for the first time. Some streetlights were turned off in the downtown area for an hour from 20:00 to 21:00. On Jun 21, 12 main buildings turned their lights off. Participating facilities: Public Buildings. 20:30~21:30 N Seoul Tower 21:00~21:10 Seoul City Hall, signboards in Jung-gu, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Bosingak in Jongno-gu, Seoul Corporation Buildings 20:00~22:00 KIA Motors.(Yangjae Bldg.) Donga daily newspape, GS Tower in Yeoksam-dong Posco, the environmental center in Pohang mills. Posco, Hyungsan Plant. Hyundai Motors. (Yangjae Bldg.) 21:00~21:10 Lotte Department Store, Posco, the observatory in Pohang mills. 20:30-21:00 Woong Jin Group(Jongno Tower) 64 NGOs including Environmental Groups and Consumers' Cooperatives. A variety of spontaneous individuals. ]]> tag:www.candle-night.org,2008:/english/2008summer//9.795 2008-07-06T03:15:27Z 2008-07-06T07:18:26Z

The Tokyo Tower, emerging from the darkness, looks fantastic with its lights off. On June 21, "Tokyo...

The Tokyo Tower, emerging from the darkness, looks fantastic with its lights off. On June 21, "Tokyo Happyakuyatou 2008" was held at Shiba Park where the Tokyo Tower is located. It was organized by Daichi-O-Mamorukai (the Association to Preserve the Earth), which serves as the Secretariat of the Candle Night Committee. It is an organization whose focus is organic food and agriculture. The event started at 12:30. Kazuyoshi Fujita, President of Daichi-O-Mamorukai and one of the key promoters of Candle Night, made an opening remark. Next, there was a live talk show featuring Shinichi Tsuji, another key promoter of Candle Night. After the show, music performances were held. They included a traditional Japanese lively instruments performance, a show featuring traditional Japanese drums played by students of Myojo Gakuen High School, and a free live concert by Japanese singer, Tokiko Kato. According to Daichi-O-Mamorukai, though it was raining during the event, some 4,000 people gathered at Shiba Park and the event was successful. One of the features of the event was "food mileage stands." Seventeen stands, including safe finger foods, curry and brown rice bowls were always crowded with people. Many vendors ran out of food before dark. Through talking with organic food producers who ran the stands, I found they are all enthusiastic about their cause. Japan's self-sufficiency rate for food (in terms of calories) is only 39 percent. These producers use only safe fertilizers. I was surprised that they also use domestically grown soy beans, whose sufficiency rate in only 3 to 4 percent, for feeding livestock which then produces manure. I realized that Daichi-O-Mamorukai is supported by very sincere food producers. I was impressed with that, and enjoyed eating the food. The most impressive people I met at the event were a mother and her five-year old daughter. They were at the booth that deals with issues of Rokkasho Village in northern Japan and the Rokkasho Nuclear Waste Reprocessing Plant. Rokkasho Village has many nuclear fuel related facilities including the reprocessing plant. There is a harsh controversy over the safety of the reprocessing plant. The plant started its operation in the middle of this controversy. The mother explained to her daughter that the reprocessing plant is emitting vast amounts of nuclear substances--incomparably much more than ordinary nuclear power plants. These emissions have a negative effect on the fish and agricultural produce near the plant. Noticing the child's sincere face while listening to the story, I came to realize that joining the event can give people a good opportunity for education. There were also interesting attractions--a solar-powered stage car, reusable food dishes, and a hundred coin refund system and so on. They were fun and at the same time, eco-friendly. At 19:40, the countdown event started. Ichiro Kamoshita, Japanese Minister of the Environment, was on the stage as a special guest where he joined in the count down of the Tokyo Tower's lights-out. After the lights of Tokyo Tower were turned off, "noh", a Japanese classic musical drama, was performed by Tsunao Yamai, with the collaboration of piano music, played by Kentaro Kihara. The performance was beautiful in the candlelight. People enjoyed the beauty of the Japanese traditional performance. The event included not only music, but also Japanese traditions, eco-friendly ways of life, and the importance of consuming locally grown food. It shares the principle of Candle Night: enjoy the moment when we turn off the lights, and learn from nature. (Reported by Akiko Kawagoe)