With a name like chocky wocky at first glance this event sounds a little mad. But when you find out it's held at York Gardens Library in Battersea (not far from Clapham Junction) and see the book angle coming in you'll see its far more indulgent than wacky.

The Chocky Wocky Book Bash Chocolate Festival is a part of the SW11 Literary Festival taking place this month. The reason this event was brought to our attention (beyond the sweet tooth and bookish themes) is that Micah Carr-Hill, the chef and co-author of the organic chocolate company Green & Black's Recipe Book, will be whipping up some tantalising choccy creation during a live cooking show.

Also featuring at the evening will be Sara Jayne Staines OBE who will give a talk on the journey of chocolate ‘from pod to palate' and Sudi Piggot who will host a quiz on ‘How To Be a Better Foodie'.

The Chocky-Wocky Book Bash Chocolate Festival is taking place this Friday 26 September at 6.30pm. This is the festival's closing party so it should be a busy one but you can still by a ticket for £10 at the Clapham Junction Waterstone's Bookshop or by calling the festival organisers on 020 8871 6181.

The very best of British food is to be celebrated this September 20- October 5 at the seventh annual British Food Fortnight. It's all about encouraging people to choose local British produce over the imported stuff and educating children about good, wholesome food.There are all sorts of activities, promotions and tastings happening across the country to get us into some tasty action. You could visit a farm on Apple Day to learn how to grow and prune your own fruit tree. You could go on a guided walk to witness the abundant harvest of woodlands and orchards, take a tour of Cotswold Spring Brewery, attend a wine a cheese evening or perhaps visit one of the many mini food festivals across the country which are scheduled to feature a celebrity chef or two and countless scrumptious delights.

Shops, pubs and restaurants across the UK are invited to get involved with special ‘British only' menus and schools are encouraged to bring chefs into the classroom for cooking lessons or enter the ‘Cook for Life' challenge to win cooking equipment.

Check out the British Food Fortnight's events page for more details on what's on.

Front Row is a fashion show with a little more than good clothes sense - it's got good ethical sense, that is, a conscience. Coinciding with London Fashion Week, Front Row has much to compete with but given the heavy emphasis in the glossies on the eco fashion chic this year, and the fact that it is a not-for-profit initiative, this earth friendly fashion show is sure to prove extremely popular.

Front Row Ethical Show and Fair 2008 arrives this Friday the 19th and Saturday the 20th of September and will be hosted at the St Mary's in the Castle in Hastings, East Sussex.

Over twenty designers will be showcasing some of the best ethical, organic, fairtrade, vintage and recycled designer wear and accessories in the UK. There will be a boutique style fair on the Saturday in which fashionistas can buy their very own designer greens from a number of stalls offering locally produced garments made with organic materials. Beyond the local contingent of designers will be leading ethical clothing brands Howies, People Tree, Enamore and TRAID.

There will be a catwalk show on the friday night at 7.30pm. One showing will include recycled garments by From Somewhere, from Orsola de Castro who is responsible for Estethica, an initiative started by the British Fashion Council to promote the best in eco-sustainable fashion. This collection is made entirely from discarded materials salvaged from fashion industry waste which is used to create beautifully crafted eco chic garments. Other star collections are bound to be in the Paper Couture section of the show where some wacky and innovative creations are predicted to hit the catwalk.

So Far Sew Good are the team creating the stylish Front Row show this year. Their aim is ‘to highlight everything fun about recycling and re-using clothing while diverting clothes waste from landfills, and to make eco-friendly shopping accessible and aspirational.'

Let's hope they do exactly that! To show your support and to find out where you can buy tickets visit the Front Row website.

The Spitalfields City Farm is holding its annual horticultural show and green fair this Sunday the 14th of September.

This is a great kid's day out. There's all sort for them to do from milking a dairy goat to walking the donkeys. But it's not all child's play - this is also a green living festival. There will be loads of organic food produce, arts and crafts, fairtrade goods, alternative therapies, information on recycling, composting and growing your own food, biodiversity and sustainability workshops as well as information on climate change, emissions reduction, energy conservation and renewable energy for greener homes.

Other highlights include flower arranging (it's right near the Columbia Road Flower Market after all), urban garden tours, a cycling arena, guided tours of the farm and musicians filling the air with their melodious tunes.

For those a fan of the TV series It's Not Easy Being Green, presenter James Strawbridge, will be there as one of the judges selecting the winner of the Champion's Cup.

Gates open at 12pm and close 5pm. Admission is free. This community festival is held at Allen Gardens and Spitalfields City Farm, Buxton Street, E1.

Four good reasons being a vegetarian is better for the planet and you:

1. Animals contribute significantly to global warming. The vegetarian Society's Silent But Deadly campaign is getting the word out there that farmed animals contribute 18% of greenhouse gas emissions. Scary when compared to the entire world's transport system which is believed to emit 13.5% of total gas emissions.

2. Raising cattle is tortuous to our land and uses far more energy and resources than growing fruit, vegetables and grains. You could feed twenty vegetarians on the same piece of land you would need to feed one meat eater. Also animals hard pack the soil, destroying plant species and making it more difficult to grow crops on in future.

3. We now know meat is not essential to a healthy, balanced diet. Complete proteins found in animal products can also be found in foods like soya. Plus nuts, seeds, beans, pulses and grains like quinoa are all good sources of protein. There's strong supporting evidence organically grown produce contains more nutrients and minerals than chemically sprayed crop varieties so you can get even more iron from your organic vegies like spinach.

4. It's trendy. The Food Standards Agency's Consumer Attitudes to Food Standards survey this year found that 2% of people in the UK are now vegetarian. Stella McCartney, Anthony Kiedis and Leona Lewis are but a few well-known vegetarian celebrities paving the way with a greener diet.

If you love meat too much maybe just try cutting down a bit for the sake of our animal friendly earth, and certainly go for organic as it is kinder to the animals and the environment.

For those interested, the London Vegan Festival is on September 7th and will be held from 11am to 8pm at the Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, W8. Adults cost £1 to ender and kids under 16 are free.