People power

Every step you take, every move you make, every spin of the pedals on an exercise bike - you’re generating tiny amounts of power. Now scientists are working out how to turn it into electricity

Vegemight

Industrial materials based on root veg prove their strength

Making wood work

Woodland harvest can power more of England, strategy says

Lights! Camera! Climate action!

Campaign to get better grip on London film industry’s emissions

You can’t accuse film-makers in London of being blind to climate change. Only last summer, the disaster movie Flood depicted what might happen if the Thames was overwhelmed by rising seawater

Green tea

Sustainable tea can be big brand tea. UNILEVER teams up with the Rainforest Alliance.

Calling on the lifeline

When is a phone not a phone? When it’s a mobile support centre.

A new generation of ‘mobile natives’ – teenagers who have never known a world without mobile phones – is tapping into the technology for its vital needs. VODAFONE

Screen on the green

Hollywood’s just becoming aware of its Godzilla-sized footprint. Chris Alden checks the rushes for some action.

Wired Earth

Everybody’s doing it. From Coldplay to the Kaiser Chiefs, green is the new rock ’n’ roll. But can pop stars really save the world? Chris Alden peers into the biofuelled tour bus.

Creative energy

Renewable power projects really can work. On a serious scale. Here’s the living proof – and a challenge for Britain to match.