Reynolds’ blog features guerrilla gardening activities around the world. Closer to home, London’s Capital Growth campaign hopes to create 2,012 new food growing spaces by 2012. Offering financial and practical support to would-be veggie gardeners, new growing spaces are already sprouting in a Brixton estate, a private garden and Latchmere Prison. Go to the website to register your skills, offer your land or find out how to track down the owners of a plot you’re interested in.

To help nature on its way, the latest crop of designers are creating wonderful ways to enhance our outdoor space and encourage wildlife at the same time. Check out the beautiful ceramic Bird Balls, Sixixis’ incredible rolling summerhouse made out of steam-bent timber,and Susan Bradley’s outdoor carpets and wallpaper.

Help save Britain's bees! These precious creatures are at risk of dying out because of viruses, wet weather, parasites and lack of food. Bees are vital in helping produce food and flowers. Without them, our environment could change drastically.

BBC Breathing Places and Blue Peter are giving away 75,000 free Be Good to Bees packs of wildflower seeds. Plant them in a suitable container on a windowsill or in your garden, and they'll soon grow into very special place where bees can hang out. So why wait...

Gardening isn’t the only way you can care for your local area. Local neighbourhoods all over the UK are teaming up to reduce their collective energy use or even produce their own energy. Community Action for Energy (CafE) offers advice, training, technical support and information to get your project off the ground. You can also tap into hundreds of on-going community projects at http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/cafe

Stuck for money? British Gas is running Green Streets 2009, a competition to win funding and expertise for your local community group. Check the website for more details. https://www.britishgas.co.uk/GreenStreet/Home/

Download Spotify then click http://tinyurl.com/daf5mp to enjoy a ‘lights out’ free playlist, featuring the likes of the Amy Winehouse hit ‘Back to Black’, Bob Marley’s ‘Turn Your Lights Down Low’, The Fratellis’ ‘When all the Lights go Out’ and Thin Lizzy’s ‘Dancing in the Moonlight’. You can also download a WWF light-switch widget, which will turn your website dark.

Earth Hour 2009 - Saturday 28th March at 20:30 is a date for your diary, when the world’s greatest landmarks are putting out the lights for WWF’s Earth Hour. Hoping to get a billion people to switch off their electricity and on to climate change, you can get involved with the campaign at http://earthhour.wwf.org.uk/

The 23rd London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival - Celebrating the best in new queer cinema from around the world, the festival runs until 8 April. Highlights include ‘Out Late’, an inspiring portrait of people who have come out in their 60s and 70s, and ‘Pedro’, a powerful biopic of Pedro Zamora, MTV Real World Aids activist. http://www.bfi.org.uk/llgff/

Formerly of The Christians - remember ‘Harvest for the World?’ - Henry Priestman has a new album out. ‘Chronicles of Modern Life’ includes pop/folk tracks as ‘No to the logo’ and ‘Did I fight in the punk wars for this?’ Checkout Myspace or listen to free tracks at http://www.last.fm/

And for those still attached to obscure seven inch vinyl, here’s a top climate change tune from The Killer Funk Renewable Resources Allstar Big Band.

In the claustrophobic atmosphere of an underground car park in Shepherd’s Bush, Adam Brace’s new play Stovepipe takes an unflinching look at the businesses involved in rebuilding Iraq.

Already seen Stovepipe or bought the Killer Funk ? What did you make of it? Share your thoughts at http://oneplanetculture.ning.com/

At OPC, we believe that films, books, art and design can shock and inspire people to go greener. If that’s ever happened to you, we’d love to know about it! What was your cultural catalyst, why was it so powerful and what’s happened since? Let us know at
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