Day of the lentil burghers: Ghent goes veggie to lose weight and save planet

Belgian council claims to be first town in Europe not to eat meat for a day every week

Weighing up the costs of being obese

Obesity is becoming analogous to the smoking debate. So will future carbon taxes place a burden on the overweight, asks Leo Hickman

Overweight causing 1bn extra tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year, say experts

Leo Hickman: We shouldn't be too surprised to learn that some of the UK's 2,500-odd courses are now going into administration

The Scottish government is encouraging people to ditch pumping iron in favour of tree planting in open air

Corn-based bioethanol has higher burden on environment and human health by causing more heart disease and respiratory disorders, says US study

What if the doomsayers are right and society really is about to collapse? Tanya Gold offers an essential survival guide

Models show the way it could be at show dedicated to the power of pedalling

Martin Wainwright: The correlation between our longer lives and a decline in the melanistic variety of the Peppered Moth is based on pollution