'Why didn't we save ourselves when we had the chance?' This is the question Age of Stupid, a 90-minute film on climate change, tries to answer - from the perspective of man in 2055. Part drama, part documentary, part animation this movie focuses on climate change and it's influencing forces - oil, war, politics, consumerism and ‘human stupidity'.

Oscar nominated Pete Postlethwaite (think In The Name of the Father, Jurassic Park and Brassed Off) stars as the only actor in this piece but is joined by seven real-life people from across the globe who are already feeling the consequences of our changing climate. From an 82-year old French mountain guide to a windfarm developer fighting the anti windfarm lobby in England to a woman living in Shell's most profitable oil region in Nigeria, we hear their stories.

Filmed in Iraq, India, Jordan, The Alps, America, Nigeria and the UK The Age of Stupid was funded by selling shares to individuals and groups interested in making such a film thereby being completely independent. Quite a momentous task... and it took four years to make!

Director Franny Armstrong (think McLibel) has made a thought provoking and hopefully widely persuasive film. The reviews so far say it all really: ‘Knocks spots off an inconvenient truth' The Ecologist, and ‘The first successful dramatisation of climate change to hit the big screen' The Guardian.

See the trailer below or visit the film's website for screenings.

Ever wondered what the impact of your Internet searches are having on the environment? Initially you may think it's not a lot - there's no evidence of CO2 emissions being exhausted from your computer screen. Or are they invisible and we just can't see them? No, you can rest assured when you search for that ethical fashion site or a second hand bike on freecycle you are not killing all the trees.

Google say that one search uses 0.0003kWh of energy which contributes 0.2 grams of CO2 to our greenhouse in the sky. Google say that one persons Google use for an entire year emits the same amount of CO2 as washing their clothes for a year. Most of Google's energy usage comes from the huge network of servers and data centres it requires to maintain their services.

Google's figures differ somewhat from a Harvard University physicist who told The Times he works a typical search to generate 7 grams of CO2. Bringing a kettle to boil uses 14 grams of CO2 or 2 Internet searches.

200 million searches are handled by Google daily. That's 40 million grams of CO2 according to Google and 1400 million grams according to our Harvard physicist. Either way it seems like an awful lot of gas. Our question to Google is ‘given the giant Google servers still have to run regardless of whether we search or not wouldn't CO2 still be being emitted?'

While we're on the subject of our carbon footprints, a recent study estimated that the global IT industry generates the same amount of greenhouse gas as the world's airlines. Before we know it we'll be able to measure the CO2 emitted from every inch of our lives.

Did you know that Bananas contain tryptophan and vitamin B6, which make you feel happy? Hmm neither did I. I didn't know that we spend £10 billion a year on this funny fruit making it the most popular fruit in the world. It makes sense why the Fairtrade Foundation campaign strongly for banana worker rights. Most banana plantation workers barely earn enough to support their families with some earning less than £1 per day. Banana diseases are also a big problem for growers in poorer countries.

There are things we can do to help the foundations cause. Only buy Fairtrade bananas is the obvious one. And a good opportunity to help spread the word is to be a part of the world's biggest Fairtrade banana-eating record attempt by eating a Fairtrade banana anytime between noon on Friday 6 March and noon on Saturday 7 March.

Visit the website for information on which suppliers stock Fairtrade bananas and download a scrumptious banana recipe. Also, if you have one, there is a online photo album where you (or the kids) can download your favourite banana-inspired picture. So banana rama to it in Fairtrade style or, in the case of these rapping Bananas, banana cool style!

Walking to work last week I spotted from Trafalgar Road small sprouting bulbs on the grass that frames the gate to the Queens House in Greenwich. I was a little surprised considering it was still February; after all we'd only had snow what felt like a week ago. Today I spot a fully-fledged blooming Daffodil and immediately catch myself grasping for the climate change explanation. But we must be careful to do our research on these things otherwise the eco sceptics have fuel to... burn more trees down?

So here's what I found.

Several cultivated varieties of daffodil flower naturally before Christmas, while some wild species can flower as early as October, writes Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor of the Independent. The gold variety (there are pale yellow, white and even red rimmed varieties) typically appears in March but as they're appearing earlier each year has adopted the name February Gold.

Daffodils (the gold variety) were spotted on a bitter cold eve outside an Edinburgh pub in early December 2007. The same golden flower bloomed three months early in West Wales in the Christmas of 06.

So what do the experts say about our early springs? A 2006 Europe-wide study involving scientists from 17 countries found "conclusive proof" that the seasons are changing, with spring arriving on average 6 to 8 days earlier than it did 30 years ago.

I'm certain the daffodils that lined the Greenwich gates came at the end of March last year and was surprised by their early arrival then. The silver lining of climate change - the flowers spring early? If only that balanced things out.

"Ever bigger machines, entailing ever bigger concentrations of economic power and exerting ever greater violence against the environment, do not represent progress: they are a denial of wisdom. Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology towards the organic, the gentle, the non-violent, the elegant and beautiful," said Ernst Friedrich Schumacher.

The Schumacher Circle is a group of organisations that exist in part due to the work and inspirations of E.F. Schumacher. Mr Schumacher was a man had a vision of social development that is sustainable and all encompassing of the earth and the living organisms that roam upon it. In 1973 the eco economist published his book Small is Beautiful which was ranked by the Times as one of the most influential books published since WWII.

The Schumacher Circle includes:

* Green Books who publish books on ecological, spiritual and cultural issues of our time including renewable energy, organic gardening and ecological building.

* Intermediate Technology, founded by Mr Schumacher, focuses on technology for the people and the environment and encourages responsible use by those in power.

* The New Economics Foundation carry out initiatives that include creating alternative solutions of sustainability that link ethics to economics, that work with local business and social investment.

* Resurgence Magazine brings to light some of the most challenging issues of our age covering areas of ecology, education, science, culture and spirituality.

* Schumacher College is an internationally renowned institution that teaches courses that explore problems facing our world from an ecological, economical, spiritual and humanistic point of view.

* The Schumacher Society involves a global network working on creating practical solutions using new economics, human-scale education, permaculture and organic cultivation, intermediate technology and green spirituality.

* Schumacher Book Service is a mail out service offering books on environmental and eco-spiritual subjects.

* The Soil Association works to provide safe, healthy food wordwide. They heavily promote organic sustainable farming, environmental conservation and animal welfare.

Why are we so interested in this circle? Organic living features heavily as a theme amongst these organisations. Their shared concern is ‘with developing ideas and approaches to the ecological, technological, social and spiritual predicament which is faced by the world's population.' As a member of the Soil Association, So Organic is contributing to this circle. We hope to expand their vision by working with our customers and suppliers to bring healthier and more eco-friendly products to all.