The advert shows an oil refinery emitting flowers, and carries claims of reusing CO2 and waste sulphur to grow flowers and create concrete.

Investigations by the NGO have revealed that Shell uses just 0.5% of its waste CO2 to grow flowers, and just 0.325% to heat greenhouses, contrary to the adverts which suggest the process is more widespread.

its that time of year again, festival season!
before we submerge ourselves in mud at glastonbury lets be civilaised and head off to The Guardian Hay Literary Festival, which takes place in Hay-on-Wye from the 24th May - 3rd June. This year there is an interesting schedule of events planned under the topic ‘Envrionment’, with guest speakers including Friends of the Earth, Solar Century,The Ecologist and Secretary of State for the Environment.

For more information visit the festivals website www.hayfestival.com

PAN UK, reports that in 2005 sales of organic cotton in the UK were worth £25m, that’s a 30% increase from 2004!

The rush to bag one of these was insatiable with people queuing up outside Sainsbury’s in the early hours of the morning across the UK to make sure they got their designer item. However a town in Devon, Modbury has also taken on the plastic bag issue and has become the first plastic free town in Europe. 43 traders havd declared their independence and pledged to no longer sell, give away or otherwise provide plastic bags for a minimum of six months. The town have made a promise to use fully biodegradable, organic, fairtrade, unbleached, recycled carrier bags. To ensure the message is really being pushed out, the retailers have also commissioned 2,000 official Modbury bags, which some are debating they could too become collectors’ – so watch out Anya!