<p>Poverty researchers in the UK have estimated that £13, 400 or $26,800 is enough for a basic comfortable lifestyle. Sound realistic? How much do you think is 'enough'?</p>
<p>Seasonal eating is one of the most rewarding ways to reduce your ecological footprint, as you'll save money, and eat healthier and tastier food too. It's particularly easy in the summer, when there's loads of seasonal produce to choose from.</p>
Both are hugely expensive solutions to a simpler problem. Pushing GM crops in the developing world is like recommending brain surgery before you're tried aspirin.
If something doesn't feature a fairtrade logo, then presumably it's unfairtrade, right? In the interests of consumer information, that ought to be on the packaging too. I've taken the liberty of making a logo. Expect to see it in a supermarket near you.
The UN Environment Program estimates that there are 46,000 pieces of plastic litter in every square mile of ocean, and a swirling vortex of trash twice the size of Texas has spawned in the North Pacific.
Do your empty bottles find a new lease of life after you creep out with the rubbish at the crack of dawn? Eco-sceptic Max Davidson reports - It is waste collection day, which means an early start. The binmen arrive just after 7am, so by 6.30 I am
Researchers have produced aerial photos of jungle dwellers who they say are among the few remaining peoples on Earth who have had no contact with the outside world.More than 100 uncontacted tribes remain worldwide, and about half live in the remote reache
Last April, in a discussion about the global food crisis, Gordon Brown announced: "We need to make great changes in the way we organise food production in the next few years
