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Dear John,
Happy New Year, and thank you to everyone who made it to our first meeting
of 2020. The next is on Monday, February 3rd at Coffee Plant, 180
Portobello Rd, W11 2EB starting at 7pm. Our special guest speaker is Martin
Farley, a Green Party lead on our fiscal policy and the Green New Deal -
giving us the opportunity to consider how it's to be funded.
Please join our SPACE [1] on the members' website as we intend to make
more use of it for discussions.
Two films coming up - our next Green Screen Burned: Are Trees the New
Coal? on Tuesday the 21st, and 2040 tomorrow (the 19th). Details of both
below. And, of course, we'll be updating you in the next weeks about the
campaign to have Siân Berry elected as Mayor of London as well as our
candidates for the Assembly List: Zack Polanski, number 3 there, being our
candidate for West Central London.
BURNED: ARE TREES THE NEW COAL? A film by Alan Dater and Lisa Merton.
At 7pm on Tuesday, January 21st at The Tabernacle, 35 Powis Square, W11
2AY
BURNED tells the little-known story of the accelerating destruction of our
forests for fuel, and probes the policy loopholes, huge subsidies, and
blatant green washing of the burgeoning biomass electric power industry. It
takes an unwavering look at the latest electric power industry solution to
climate change. The film tells the story of how woody biomass has become
the fossil-fuel industry's renewable, green saviour, and of the people and
parties who are both fighting against and promoting its adoption and use.
Through interviews with activists, experts, and citizens, along with
verité-style footage shot across the U.S. and in the EU and UK, the film
interweaves the science of climate change, the escalating energy-policy
disputes, the dynamics of forest ecology, the biomass industry practices,
the conflict between jobs and trees, and the actions of activists and
citizens who are working to protect their own health, their communities,
the forest, and the planet's climate.
Woven together, the various stories present an intimate and visceral
account of what is at this moment in time a critical, yet mostly unknown,
national and international controversy.
SPEAKER: James Hewitt whose work focuses on governance (sustainability and
legality) concerning markets for wood-based products and commodities from
deforested land, including some biofuels. He is also a shareholder in Drax
plc - to ask questions during its AGMs.
EVENTBRITE: tickets HERE [2]
Recommended donation: £5 (to cover room hire)
FACEBOOK: BURNED: ARE TREES THE NEW COAL? [3]
TAKE ACTION: BIOFUELWATCH [4]
We received an email about the "upcoming screenings of 2040 ON SUN 19TH
JAN. We'd be thrilled to have your support to get audiences to engage with
the climate crisis in the UK. You can find the full list of screenings
across the UK HERE [5]. We think that you would be specifically interested
in the screenings at: Odeon Covent Garden at 15:00 on Sun 19th January.
Time: 15:00 Tickets HERE [6]
2040: THE REGENERATION [7] is an Australian documentary that takes a
solutions-based approach to how we can, using the technology we already
have, mitigate the enormous global issues we currently face. The main
themes/solutions looked at in the film are around: empowerment of women and
girls; marine regeneration; regenerative agriculture; renewable energy; and
circular economy. It's a story of hope, and a powerful tool to encourage
people to take action - you can take a peek at some of the amazing things
the Australian release has achieved so far in this VIDEO [8].
We would be thrilled if you could help us get the word out about these
screenings to help maximise the opportunities for audiences to engage with
this topic. You can find our comprehensive campaign website HERE [9], ...
Facebook @2040FILM [10] / Instagram @2040FILM [11] / Twitter @2040Film
[12] ..."
Looking forward to seeing you soon,
Vivien Lichtenstein
Chair / Coordinator
West Central London Green Party
07528 292808
WCL WEBSITE [13]
WCL FACEBOOK [14]
WCL TWITTER [15]
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