GREEN IN CHELSEA
I’ve just received planning permission to convert my 2 bedroom flat in central London into an eco friendly home. I’m being advised by dashing architect Alex Michaelis (currently greening up David Cameron’s house) and eco-coach Donnachadh McCarthy (from BBC 2’s It’s not easy being Green and author of bestselling eco bible, How to Save the Planet Without Costing the Earth).

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Why animal testing harms humans
I recently squeezed into a small barren metal cage with animal welfare campaigner Meg Matthews, singer songwriter Maria Daines, whose fantastic song ‘Monkey in a Cage’ recently made it to the top of the charts, to raise awareness for Primate Day.

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HELP I'M CARBOREXIC!
Like many of us I’m keen to do my bit to save the planet. 
I precycle, recycle and cycle; I darn and dye my old clothes so I don’t have to buy new ones, I save the plastic bags newspapers are often wrapped in at the weekend and use them as sandwich bags (over and over again until they fall apart).  I even get my inamorato to pee on the compost heap.

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the true cost of cheap meat
Three cheers for porcine champions, Jamie Oliver, Joanna Lumley, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Tracy Ward (aka the Marchioness of Worcester) who have admirably used their high profiles to raise awareness of the pig industry in a number of television programmes aired this month.

Pigs generally suffer from a bad press and arguably are the most mistreated of all farm animals, something that was confirmed late one night when I slipped into an industrial pig factory in Berkshire along with the animal welfare charity VIVA, who were filming undercover footage.

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let's stop testing household products on animals
In 1997 due to overwhelming public pressure, the UK Government banned the testing of cosmetics on animals. This was a great victory at the time, but did you know that each time a new household product (as if we don’t have enough already!) comes out it must still be tested on animals?

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LIPOSUCTION DOCTOR ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE WORLD FUEL CRISIS BY USING HUMAN FAT FOR FUEL
Dr Alan Bittner, a leading Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon, has been running his car using body fat from his patients. Bittner uses the fat removed during liposuction procedures to power his 4x4. So, piling on the pounds this Christmas could be beneficial after all. Lawsuits against Dr. Craig Alan Bittner uncovered the claims that he was turning the medical waste into biodiesel to power his Ford SUV and his girlfriend's Lincoln Navigator. Although there's no mention of how Bittner did it, the triglycerides in the different types of fat, including human, can be turned into diesel fuel.

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damned if you fly and damned if you don't - the dilemma of 'love miles'
The news that the Government has given the go-ahead for a third runway at Heathrow is disastrous news for many, particularly for those who live in the village of Sipson who must now come to terms with the forced bulldozing of their homes. Even flat-earthers who believe that global warming is not man-made cannot disregard the horror of thousands of people being subjected to increased levels of pollution, noise and brutal eviction from their homes.

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THIS COUPLE DID THEIR BIT FOR THE PLANET BY CHOOSING A REAL CORK OVER A SCREW-CAP
Good news for those of us who have already begun preparing for the festive season – uncorking a bottle of wine revives the spirits while protecting some of the world’s rarest forests. Ancient trees that provide 15 billion corks a year and are home to some of the world’s rarest creatures including black storks and the Iberian lynx, could soon be destroyed by a single enemy – the metal screw-top cap.  Sometimes the simplest choices we make in our everyday lives can have a huge impact on the natural world.

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