sculpture she had created in the village of Hveragerdi. It is a stone by a river, with a carved seat, where you can sit and watch the river pass by. The art piece is called It will pass by and it is dedicated to young people with mental problems and suicidal thoughts. Whatever you are dealing with, and however painful it seems, eventually it will

One meal of beef is equal to twenty meals of pasta, based on carbon footprint.

Most studies orient us in the same direction, and the solutions can be roughly divided into four categories: Reducing food waste and make dietary changes. Developing solar and wind energy; electric-powered transport. Working on conservation of forests; afforestation; restoration of wetlands and rainforests. Empowering women.

Mahatma Gandhi’s words: ‘Earth provide enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.’

‘One important thing I am always telling people: materiality is insatiable; there’s no contentment, just more, more, more. Mental development, mental health, nourishing yourself: that, you can develop indefinitely.’

Nothing gets saved; thing pass, things pass. They crumple in on themselves and no longer exist. Your life makes the smallest mark, a minor profit, and then, finally, it is over. As if nothing ever happened.

Scientists point out that, in order to create a new global energy system, we’d need to invest about 2 to 2.5 per cent of the world’s GDP over the next few decades.

If anyone thinks changing our sources of energy will be a simple matter, one that will go unopposed, they have another think coming. Oil underpins entire economies; the effects of energy shifts will be immense for those relying on this sector for profit and gain. That $6 billion a day won’t be surrendered casually, not without a struggle. Millions

If we look at which sectors these emissions come from, 25 per cent comes from coal power plants, central heating and electricity generation. Then 24 per cent is due to food production, logging and land use; 21 per cent is from industry. Transport as a whole is huge, accounting for about 14 per cent of total emissions; there are around a billion