How to save the environment and other stories

Could going vegetarian, making your own bag and eating ice cream help save the planet? Well maybe not the last one but it's tasty!

Country Focus - Sunday 24th May at 07.30am and repeated Tuesday evening at 9.30pm... presented by Mel Doel.

A host of celebrities recently joined Sir Paul McCartney's call for us to have a "meat-free Monday" because, he says , it would be good for the planet. It follows estimates by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation - that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. We discuss with representatives from the Soil Assocition; NFU Cymru and the Vegetarian Society.

Following the collapse of the milk cooperative Dairy Farmers of Britain the farming industry has been left counting the cost. Help is out there with charities who are prepared to lend an understanding ear. The helpline is 0845 3679990 and there's the farming crisis network and farming help.

Plastic bags can be a real blot on the landscape, a danger to wildlife and can take many years to degrade. Supermarkets are encouraging us to use fewer and the Snowdonia Society is helping get the message across through a series of rags to riches workshops.

And summertime - regardless of the weather is undoubtedly "icecream time"! Wales has always had its own well loved brands using cow's milk - but now Lovespoon Gelato, which comes from a farm above Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire, is not only using goat's milk - but coming up with some very original flavours.