Welcome to One Planet Culture

Hello everyone!

Welcome to One Planet Culture! If you’re an armchair activist with a passion for film, arts and media, then One Planet Culture (OPC) is for you. From DIY film events to green reads and the latest news and reviews, OPC offers inspiration and information to help you help the planet.

Whether blockbusters, chart music or plays are your thing, there’s plenty to choose from. James Bond will soon be protecting our global water supply in ‘Quantum of Solace’, whilst WALL-E, a waste disposal robot, is the star of Disney’s latest animation. There’s The Feeling’s chart hit ‘Join with us’, appealing for collective action, whilst theatregoers are enjoying ‘Another Kind of Silence’, a play about Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement.

Every month, OPC will be giving away a book or a film to new eco-champions, as food for thought, debate and action. We’ll be asking for reviews and hosting online discussions to talk about the issues and how we can do our bit to tackle climate change.

Maria Adebowale, Founder and Director of Capacity Global, is excited about the potential of OPC. “We believe OPC can refresh the parts other programmes can’t reach! Books, films and art can amuse, provoke, shock and inspire, and they speak to people’s hearts and minds in a way no policy document will ever manage. OPC will signpost visitors to both classic and contemporary eco-culture and act as a springboard towards more sustainable every day behaviour.”

Funded by Every Action Counts, One Planet Culture will go live on 25 September 2008 at www.capacity.org.uk/opc