Forest in Focus, an event fusing activism and culture, arts and environmentalism is the first of its kind for Greenpop.
Greenpop presents Forest In Focus in Cape Town in June 2013 at the Labia Theatre in Cape Town.
This integrative three day  media event will screen a selection of winning short films from the United Nations Forum on Forests, Forests for People awards, provide a platform for innovative music and visual artists and encourage exchange through a curation of talks.In association with the UN Forum on Forests, Forest for People awards, this dynamic program will screen five award-winning documentary shorts and feature a different musical act and guest speaker every evening.
Forest in Focus will open on Thursday June 6th, offering a great opportunity for people to join in the global celebration of World Environment Day which falls the day before on June 5th, an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and widest celebrated event for positive environmental action.The event will take place on June 6th, 9th and 11th 2013.All funds raised from Forest in Focus will go towards supporting Greenpop’s Trees for Zambia Action Event happening in July 2013
Forest in Focus Aims to:
1.Raise local awareness on what is happening to our forests, both in Africa and on a global scale, disseminated through the curation of UNFF nominated films from around the world.
2.Enrich the Cape Town cultural calendar with an integrative curation of arts, education, environmentalism and culture.
3.Congratulate Greenpop’s media partner, Makhulu, for winning the UN Forum on Forests Short Film award for the Africa region, for their film Amazing Grace made during Greenpop’s first Trees for Zambia action conference in 2012. (this will be one of the films screened during Forest in Focus).
4.Inspire more people to take reforestation action in Africa and promote the Trees for Zambia 2013 action conference.
5.Raise funds for Trees for Zambia 2013.
To find out more about this great project go to Greenpop’s Trees for Zambia Action Event
To find out more about Forest in Focus visit Greenpopor their facebook page
