Lost in Palm Oil
Wednesday 9th July, 6.30pm
Loop Bar, 23 Myers Place, Melbourne

The feature documentary ‘Lost in Palm Oil’ (63 min) investigates the negative impacts that oil palm plantations have on forests, climate change, water pollution, biodiversity, with a focus on Indigenous communities in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. How does this relate to food? Palm oil shows us that food issues, forests, people, culture and animals are interconnected. Palm Oil is used in 1 in 10 supermarket products, yet there no requirement for it to be labelled.

Guest speaker Jessica McKelson from the Melbourne Zoo Orangutan Sanctuary will present an uplifting slide show of her recent trip to Nyaru Menteng Gunung Leseur National Park in Indonesia where she saw the impacts of Palm Oil on the Orangutan population first hand. The wild organutan population is heading towards extinction, but the rescues and release work witnessed by Jess gives us hope that there is a future for them.

The film nights so far have been awesome! I strongly recommend this one. To find out more check out FOE

Last night I enjoyed the first of the Real Food Film Nights.
This included two films:

Store Wars
and

The World According to Monsanto

This is a brilliant film and definitely worth a look. You can view it online here

Next Week’s Screening:
Tuesday 1st July 6.30pm sharp

The short documentary on Melbourne’s ‘Food not Bombs’ (6 min) and

‘We feed the world’ (95 min – subtitles) which investigates food and globalisation, fishermen and farmers, drivers and high-powered corporate executives, the flow of goods and cash, a film about scarcity amid plenty. Desert consists of the spoof Matrix animation titled ‘Meatrix’ (5 min) where Moothius and Leo discover the impacts of factory farming.

Free Entry.

Drinks and food available from the bar.

Seating is limited and RSVP is preferred.

For bookings and more information, email realfood@melbourne.foe.org.au

Organised by: Friends of the Earth Melbourne Real Food group

Supported by: Loop Bar, 23 Meyers Place Melbourne