Could you make 28 meals from this?

A new book claims it can save you time and money and reduce your eco impact - with its seasonal shopping and cooking plans. Zoe Williams gives it a go

Walk the distance

From a 10-day hike in Ireland to a month-long pilgrimage trail to Santiago de Compostela, here is our pick of the best walking holidays

Pedal power

Cycling is healthy, environmentally friendly and economical. Jump on your bike and cycle to France, Spain or Holland

Eco-mom: here to save the world!

Middle-class mothers in the US are embracing environmental activism. But, says Zoe Williams, they have some pretty strange ideas about what it actually involves

Against the grain

Bread expert Andrew Whitley explains why we need to get back to baking our own

Health of nations

Kate Sheppard: Our measures of wellbeing fail to account for income inequality, environmental degradation and poor quality of life. It's time for a change.

Ride the tide

Euan Ferguson: Most of us are bedevilled by tides, silent and deep. We marry not because of the froth, but because of something pulling at our feet 60 fathoms down

Water on the brain

Lucy Mangan: There are not many victories for common sense in this world - I can't remember the last time I broke out the, "Y'see, I bloody knew it! Didn't I bloody tell you?!" bunting, but I think it might be time to celebrate once more