{"id":35176,"date":"2012-12-18T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T17:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=35176"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:26:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:26:22","slug":"urban-planet-city-of-light-goes-dark-to-save-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/12\/18\/urban-planet-city-of-light-goes-dark-to-save-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: City of Light could go dark?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/multisite_files\/coexist\/imagecache\/1920\/poster\/2012\/12\/1681044-poster-1280-paris-light-policy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/1681044\/will-the-city-of-light-go-dark-to-save-energy\">A new proposal would have Parisian businesses turn off all their lights.\u00a0 <\/a>This would cut energy use across Paris, bringing in a more frugal and greener era. Long known as the City of Light, Paris could go dark.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image by Drew Anthony Smith via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/\">fastcoexist.com<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/Spacing\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? 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