Friday, November 26, 1999
B*Witched controversy
B*Witched tried to do good deed and ended up infuriating environmentalists.
The Irish pop band was in the middle of a tree-planting controversy today (Nov. 26), Music 365 reported).
The four band members staged a tree-planting campaign to promote their new album "Awake and Breathe" in Holland Park last month. Future Forests joined Epic Records (the band's label) in the event and fans were encouraged to sponsor more planting by pledging £4 per tree through Future Forest's website.
The London Tree Officers Association is angry about the event, saying Future Forest simplified the issue of greenhouse gas. The association said Future Forest told visitors to their website that the amount of carbon dioxide produced by two people can be balanced out by planting 27 trees.
"That figure is absurdly low, and it could give someone the impression that it's all they need to clean up the air," LTOA member, Jerry Birtles.
Dan Morrell, the head of Future Forests, said the fact his organisation used in the campaign had been checked.