Food in 2050: bacon grown on blades of grass and bioreactor chicken nuggets

One way or another, our diet is going to be transformed. But will it be better or worse for us and the planet?

2020 set to be year of the electric car, say industry analysts

Mini, Vauxhall Corsa and Fiat 5oo will join rapidly expanding European EV market

Ethical fashion campaigner Livia Firth: ‘We have turned a corner finally’

With the Green Carpet Fashion Awards opening in Milan, the eco pioneer explains why the once-unfashionable concept is a winner

Vin + Omi team up with Prince Charles to launch clothing line made of nettles

Unlikely collaboration results in ‘wispy, airy’ and sustainable fabric, made from Highgrove weeds

‘Plastic recycling is a myth’: what really happens to your rubbish?

You sort your recycling, leave it to be collected – and then what? From councils burning the lot to foreign landfill sites overflowing with British rubbish, Oliver Franklin-Wallis reports on a global waste crisis

The best refillable lipsticks

Finally there are alternatives to single-use plastic lippy containers – albeit mainly at the pricey end of the market