Today, it's Blog Action Day and bloggers everywhere have been asked to join in by posting on an issue related to the environment. We're getting better at recycling paper and glass, what about things like your old sofa, CDs or mobile phone? In a two-part series, The Sunday Times (InGear section) published a useful guide recently. In the first issue, learn how useful your old mobile could be to someone else. For example, did you know it could be reconfigured to dial 999 only and issued to victims of domestic violence? Or that it could help to raise money for a designated charity? In the second part of the series, a charity which donates your unwanted goods to homeless people is mentioned (how great is that?) and if you have just finished decorating and have bits (of paper) and bobs (of paint) left over, donate it to community groups, charities and schools. Ideas for many more items can be found at these links, so get recycling!

On a more serious note regarding climate change, some may argue it is just hype - have a look at these pictures and you can decide for yourself...