Our environment

With the Christmas Shopping season in full-swing a new film from Freerange, The Story of Stuff, asks consumers to consider what happens to the unwanted gifts of previous years.

In the 20 minute long documentary, activist and narrator, Annie Leonard, examines the roots of consumerism, in post-World War II economic policy and its continuation today. She shows how the notion of planned and perceived obsolescence drives the machine of consumerism year round, with consumers convinced that their stuff needs to be upgraded.

A Global Day of Action: On 8 December not only can you travel to London to join a global demo on our generations most urgent issue, you can also do so on a special eco coach service organised by Brighton Climate Change and Brighton Peace And Environment Centre. Add your voice to this now-or-never protest and do so from a local perspective, travelling together from Brighton on buses provided by Big Lemon Buses, Brighton's environmentally friendly bus service (www.biglemon.com). Tickets are available for £5 (or more if you can afford it) from BPEC, Sussex Students Union, Guarana Bar and Cowley Club. The main pick up points are St Peters Church at 8.30am and Sussex University at 8.45am.

Sustrans, the UK’s leading sustainable transport charity, has launched the Connect2 project aimed at improving sustainable local travel for communities across the UK.

Connect2 aims to improve local travel in 79 communities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by creating new walking and cycling networks for everyday journeys, thus reducing the number of unnecessary car journeys. This reduction in traffic will improve air-quality, help reduce carbon emissions, encourage people to get exercise and generally improve the safety and quality of life of people living in these areas.

After Youtube another broadband TV channel has conquered the net and this time it is green.

Green TV is the broadband TV Channel for environmental films. It is the first website to bring together films from a whole range of environmental organizations and independent filmmakers and make them available to anyone anywhere.