This Way Up for Saturday 12 March 2011
Global Denim
At any moment it's estimated that about half the world's population is wearing jeans. But why? Daniel Miller's one of the editors of 'Global Denim' (Berg).
UK news: product placement and no logo ciggies
Chris Parkin lives in the UK where product placement on TV gets the go-ahead and logos are coming off cigarette packets.
Cat food conundrum
How much food does a 4.5kg cicada-eating cat need?! Nick Cave of Massey University has the answer.
Fairtrade gold
Kate Carter of the Guardian on the jewellers in the UK who are teaming up to produce Fairtrade gold.
Seawater greenhouses
Charlie Paton is using greenhouses cooled with seawater to grow food in some of the most inhospitable places on earth.