by Kate Martin - Luckily by the third day of the zero waste week I'd got myself sorted out a bit better.

by Kate Martin - This week, residents in one part of London are attempting to get through a whole week without throwing away any rubbish that can't be reused, recycled or composted.

by Sam Bond - There's a story that's been gaining currency in the media of late, that the shipping industry has been getting off lightly when it comes to being harangued about its carbon emissions.

by Kate Martin - When did going on holiday stop being a guilt-free fest of sun, sea and...er...sand?

by Diana Verde Nieto - As the world reels at the high price of fossil fuels, business and governments are increasingly casting about for renewable energy models. Portugal is happy to oblige.

by Kate Martin - It's back-to-school time again - that time of year that, no matter what your age, still seems to signal the end of summer.

by Sam Bond - If you are reading this, the chances are you're either cool yourself or at least involved in some cutting edge activity worthy of that accolade.

by Kate Martin - I'm not a climate change denier, but is it just me who finds it hard to believe the accuracy of long-range climate forecasting when the Met Office can't even get tomorrow's forecast right?

by Sam Bond - I'm always a bit suspicious of paper recycling, despite its doubtless value in cutting our consumption levels.

by Kate Martin - Nobody who follows environmental news can have failed to notice the impact that the Kingsnorth Climate Camp activists have had on the headlines this month.

by Kate Martin - Last week saw the launch of Surya, a nighclub in Kings Cross claiming to be the world's first ecological club.

by Kate Martin - It's always nice to see a big corporation or event jumping on the eco-bandwagon and trying to do their bit.

by Kate Martin - You may have read in last week's newsletter a story about a Japanese company which says it has developed a fuel cell that can produce electricity from water using no outside energy, and use it to power an electric car.

by Kate Martin - I went to Royal Ascot on Wednesday.

by Kate Martin - I hate public transport.

by Kate Martin - But I don't think anyone made it clear just how hard it can be sometimes.

by Sam Bond - Working on a pro-environmental website makes you an obvious target for the climate change deniers, and here at edie we often receive emails along the lines of 'water vapour and solar activity are responsible for global warming, we're not to blame, we can carry on as we always have'.

by Diana Verde Nieto - There's no such thing as a free lunch.

by Sam Bond - Let's assume for a moment that the climate change deniers have it right - that mankind's contribution to the make-up of the atmosphere is so insignificant the very thought that we could influence trends in the weather is laughable.

by Sam Bond - It's long been recognised that the lack of regulation when it comes to making claims about offsetting undermines what might otherwise be an extremely useful weapon in the carbon-reducing arsenal.