Project extended to 2015 to include 20,000 farmers

Marks & Spencer (M&S) today announces phase two of its 'Better Cotton' project in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India which aims to deliver an extra 21,000 tonnes of 'Better Cotton' fibre and help improve the lives of 20,000 farmers and their families over the next three and a half years.

Most people have been brought up not to waste food - I guess few of us haven't.

Our toilets become dumping (excuse the pun) grounds for more than our own waste. In our efforts to create a hygienic environment, we're often killing not only the bacterial nasties, but beneficial organisms and poisoning our waterways.

The sight of a cockroach would have my mother calling the exterminators post-haste. In fact, I don't even remember seeing a cockroach in the house we lived in for over a decade, although I'm sure they were there - just scared to death of my mother.

There is a big difference between knowing how to live green and actually living green.  Being green isn't always easy and it isn't always cheap but the world you live in becomes a better place for your efforts.