Join Dan Power, the energy wasting guy for Energy Wasting Day on the 1st of April 2008.

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Gloucestershire’s greenest retailer wants you to join their Facebook Forest group. As part of their commitment to the planet Ecotopia.co.uk are planting a tree for every 50 members of its Facebook Forest group and another tree for every 50 customers.

The first Facebook Forest is being planted on a small plot of land just outside Minchinhampton (see the site on Google Earth) on the edge of what is to be the first carbon neutral market garden. Lucy Offord, creator of the market garden is excited about the project that compliments the new carbon neutral market garden that she is developing and thinks that it will be a great point of interest in the local area.

This is the first of many planned sites where Ecotopia will be helping to create new woodlands in the UK. They are hoping to find more projects to get involved in. Steve Jones, director of Ecotopia says, “We are delighted to establish our first forest. By planting indigenous species, forests can support themselves and after a short period of time will begin to support an entire ecosystem which will benefit the local countryside. We would be delighted to hear from any organisations and groups who would be interested in benefiting from having their own small Facebook Forest.”

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Wake up and smell the coffee. One Planet Cinema is holding a free showing of Black Gold at the University of Nottingham, the first leg of a series of free public film showings organised by Capacity Global and Every Action Counts. The screening of Black Gold is at the University of Nottingham on 11 March 2008 from 5.30pm, and is open to the general public as well as university students.

Marking the end of national fair trade week, the event will be showing the film Black Gold. Multinational companies now dominate our shopping centres, high streets and supermarkets. This command of a £40 billion industry makes coffee the most valuable trading commodity in the World after oil. This film explores the plight of coffee farmers in Ethiopia and explains that whilst we’re queuing for our lattes and cappuccinos, how so many have been forced to abandon their coffee fields because of low purchase prices enforced by multinationals.

One Planet Cinema is raising awareness of how interested individuals and groups can take real action against climate change and other important issues. With free film screenings and discussions with key speakers, Capacity Global hope they will encourage and inspire groups to take action. One Planet Cinema screenings continue until November in major cities including Manchester, Leeds, London and Bristol. For more information, check out Capacity Global’s events schedule.

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