Age of Stupid premiere: the green carpet treatment

Setting up the Age of Stupid premiere, billed by the organisers as the world's greenest premiere. Eco-auditors estimated its carbon footprint equates to 4.7 tonnes of CO2 or 27kg CO2 per attendee. A conservative estimate of the carbon footprint of a blockbuster Hollywood-style premier is 491 tonnes or 327kg CO2 per attendee Photograph: Karen Robinson

Green carpet replaced the traditional red carpet at the premiere Photograph: Karen Robinson

The Leicester Square venue was an almost completely fossil fuel free site with solar panels used to provide most of the power, and biodiesel generators as backup Photograph: Karen Robinson

Recycled chip fat was used for some of the vehicles Photograph: Karen Robinson

Solar photovoltaic panels powered the projector Photograph: Karen Robinson

Setting up for The Age of Stupid premiere Photograph: Karen Robinson

Chairs made from London's free newspapers Photograph: Karen Robinson

A solar-powered car Photograph: Karen Robinson

Windfarm developer Piers Guy, centre, director Franny Armstrong, right, and producer Lizzie Gillett stand by a solar-powered car as they arrive for the world premiere of their movie Photograph: Akira Suemori/AP

Pete Postlethwaite arrives at the solar powered tent on Leicester Square before announcing that he would hand back his OBE if the Kingsnorth power station is commissioned Photograph: Fergus McDonald/Getty Images

Jeremy Hardy arrived in an electric car Photograph: Jon Furniss/WireImage.com

Strictly Come Dancing star Camilla Dallerup and former Hollyoaks actor Kevin Sacre Photograph: Karen Robinson

Gillian Anderson at The Age of Stupid premiere. She denounced the decision on Heathrow's third runway and said Kingsnorth would 'send carbon emissions stratospheric' Photograph: Rex Features/TZB

Will Young attends the premiere Photograph: Fergus McDonald/Getty Images

Alistair Campbell and Ken Livingstone (with his daughter) arrive on the green carpet Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images Europe

British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and her husband Andreas Kronthaler arrive on bicycles Photograph: Jon Furniss/WireImage.com

A good day of sunlight ensured that there was plenty of power in the evening for the premiere in the tent Photograph: Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features/Rex Features

A bicycle-powered popcorn machine Photograph: Jonathan Hordle /Rex Features

A bust of Issac Newton looks over proceedings Photograph: Marc Larkin/LFI