[kc-programm] [Fwd: The Carbon Connection – New documentary examines the impact of carbon trading]

[Alexis J. Passadakis]

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Betreff: 	The Carbon Connection – New documentary examines the impact of 
carbon trading
Datum: 	Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:11:42 +0100
Von: 	kevin smith <kevin.smith at gmx.net>



*** Apologies for Cross Posting – Please fwd ***

The Carbon Connection, a new documentary by Fenceline Films with support from Carbon Trade Watch and the Transnational Institute is now available at the New Internationalist online shop.

Two communities affected by one new global market – the trade in carbon dioxide. In Scotland a town has been polluted by oil and chemical companies since the 1940s. In Brazil local people's water and land is being swallowed up by destructive monoculture eucalyptus tree plantations. Both communities now share a new threat. As part of the deal to reduce greenhouse gases that cause dangerous climate change, major polluters can now buy carbon credits that allow them to pay someone else to reduce emissions instead of cutting their own pollution. What this means for those living next to the oil industry in Scotland is the continuation of pollution caused by their toxic neighbours. Meanwhile in Brazil the schemes that generate carbon credits gives an injection of cash for more planting of the damaging eucalyptus tree. The two communities are now connected by bearing the brunt of the new trade in carbon credits. The Carbon Connection follows the story of two groups of people from each community who learned to use video cameras and made their own films about living with the impacts of the carbon market. From mental health issues in Scotland to the loss of medicinal plants in Brazil, the communities discover the connections they have with each other and the film follows them on this journey. 

40 minutes | PAL/NTSC | English/Spanish/Portuguese subtitles

Copies of the documentary can be purchased at
http://shop.newint.org/uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=835

You can read an article about the film from the newspaper, The Scotsman
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3302061

A short trailer can be viewed at
http://www.archive.org/details/FencelineFilmsTheCarbonConnectiontrailer

The sales of this film will be used to provide free copies to Southern and grassroots groups. 

Please contact kevin at carbontradewatch.org or tamra at carbontradewatch.org for more information.

This documentary has been made in partnership with the Transnational Institute Environmental Justice Project and Carbon Trade Watch, the Alert Against the Green Desert Movement, FASE-ES, and the Community Training and Development Unit.

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