CO: Livestock and the food they eat occupy 30% of the world's landmass and produce loads of terrible green house gases (GHG).

• "In a comprehensive 400-page analysis, published last year, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) described the spiralling increase in greenhouse gases from livestock as "massive" and asserted that the world governments must urgently address the problem. It explicitly chided environmentalists for their apparent indifference. In essence, the FAO says , livestock have inherited the Earth - with disastrous consequences."

• Vegetarian anyone?
  

CO: Publishers are seeing the benefits of choosing post-consumer recycled paper: publicity, reputation and endorsements by Harry Potter's author J.K. Rowling.

Corpobligation wants a slice of Harry Potter:

• books are made of paper, which comes from trees, which destroys forests
• But publishers like Raincoast Books have garnered loads of positive PR through the use of "100% ancient-forest free, 100% post-consumer recycled paper"
• For example: The Globe and Mail's, James Barber, reports [Harry Potter and the] "Deathly Hallows called 'greenest book in history'" (July 17, 2007).
  

Inpirational first steps...

CO: London may follow other cities in banning plastic bags, which could have a huge impact given London's identity as a shopping mecca.

• According to the Guardian Online (July 13, 2007) The mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, said: "I am in favour of having a levy on plastic bags which could lead to a huge reduction in the use of plastic bags, cutting back on waste and helping our efforts to tackle climate change.
  
• British consumers use an estimated 10bn plastic bags - 167 per person - a year, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
• Ireland introduced a "plastax" of about 30 cents (20p) on each bag in 2002 and there has been a 90% reduction in use.