“Eating Our Way to Extinction” is a 2021 documentary, narrated by Kate Winslet, that leaves the viewer informed about the impact that their diet has on the environment and thus on their future and the future of their loved ones. The film leaves a resounding message: the most impactful personal step we can take to stop contributing to the destruction of the planet, and to protect our own health, is to adopt a whole-food, plant-based diet and give up animal products altogether.

Note the change of venue – This event is being organised by a partnership of UWL, Ealing Transition, Ealing Food Partnership and ActForEaling, and the venue is in the University of West London’s premises on St Mary’s Road, W5 5RF. There is no fee for admission, though you will need to book via Eventbrite to attend.

The showing will be followed by cafe table style discussion to explore ideas for what we can do together within our own community to address this threat. We anticipate our audience to represent a wide range of interests and relationships towards food, including food businesses, hospitality and food students, community groups, educators and concerned individuals.

Everyone is welcome. Booking is via Eventbrite here.

Booking required. See details here.

CAN I LIVE? is an energising and uplifting film by Fehinti Balogun, and supported by Theatre Group Complicite, which charts a course through the fundamental issues underpinning the climate emergency, and shares how, as a young Black British man, Fehinti found his place in the climate movement. The film will be preceded by the documentary FAIRYTALES OF GROWTH (47min), which explores how the effects and risks of climate change are compelling young people around the world to call upon radical system change, offering a vision of hope for the future and a better life for all within planetary boundaries.

A panel discussion will follow with:

• Caroline Vincent from Extinction Rebellion Scientists
• Tyronne Scott from War on Want
• Rupert Read – academic, councillor for the Green Party of England and Wales and co-director of the Climate Majority Project

You can stay after the event to talk to representatives from local climate action groups including, Ealing Transition, Friends of the Earth Ealing, ActForEaling and Extinction Rebellion Ealing and learn more about the local work that is happening near you.

In our October event, we will be screening the film “The Seeds of Vandana Shiva”, an inspiring story of an Indian activist taking on the might of modern corporate industrial agriculture, and GMO seed production.  More information describing Vandana Shiva is available on the movie’s website here:

“Hers is the remarkable and unlikely story of a girl who trekked from highland cabin to cabin alongside her father, tended a garden alongside her mother, and passionately pursued an education that freed her from the caste and gender constraints of traditional Indian society”

“Vandana Shiva brought her scientific expertise and Gandhian principles of non-violent resistance to the struggles of poor Indian villagers whose livelihoods were being crushed by corporate capitalism. She has become a formidable opponent to those corporations whose drive for privatization and profit are destroying the environment and changing the climate.”

The film will be shown at St Mary’s Church Ealing from 7.30pm. The film is less than 90 mins and there will be time for a short discussion and refreshments after. The evening is likely to wind up around 9.30pm.