People across the so-called US are hosting screenings of Synthetic Forests the week of March 20th as part of a 'raising awareness' campaign that hopes to stop the spread of genetically engineered trees before they are grown in the open.

From the website:

"Synthetic Forests features interviews with leading scientists and activists who share their insights and experience on the negative effects genetically engineered trees can have to communities, ecosystems and indigenous peoples.

Corporations in the US and Brazil have requested government authorization to release hundreds of millions of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees for fuel and pulp. We have recently learned that the GE Loblolly Pine and Arctic Apple have been approved by the USDA, so the time to act is now!"