Waterwise is a not-for-profit and NGO campaigning to reverse the upward trend in UK water use by 2010. For this week’s Cool Projects, we met Jacob Tompkins, Director of Waterwise, to talk waste, water efficiency and Future Friendly.

Antony Turner is Managing Director of CarbonSense, a consultancy firm for businesses wanting to develop a climate change policy that works. We met him for this week’s Cool People.

Hailed as the top selling ‘eco gadget’ in the UK by leading green e-tailers, the ECO Kettle saves energy every time you want a cuppa by boiling exactly the right amount of water every time. For this week’s Cool Products, we spoke to Peter Ingledew, Design Director of Product Creation Ltd., the company behind the appliance.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown turns heads with talk of an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050, only to come out swinging in favour of a third runway at Heathrow Airport. At the end of a tumultuous seven days, this week’s Weekly Planet shines the spotlight firmly on events in the UK.

WaterAid is an international charity working to overcome poverty by enabling the world’s poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. We spoke to Barbara Frost, WaterAid’s Chief Executive, for this week’s Cool Projects.

For this week’s Cool Products feature, the good people of smartlpg let Global Cool web editor (and wannabe Jeremy Clarkson) Gavin Bower loose on the roads of Hammersmith and Fulham. After some nervous breaking and dodgy parking, here’s what he had to say.

Daniel Porras is Vice President of Sustainability at Better Energy Systems, the company behind the Solio solar-powered charger. We caught up with him between African countries, where he’s currently promoting clean, economical energy, to find out more.

The IPCC urges the world to act now on climate change…again, British PM Gordon Brown pledges to lead the way while imposing cuts on his environmental department and Al Gore announces plans to raise awareness with, yes, you’ve guessed it, another concert. In the first of our weekly editorial wrap-ups, we’ll tell you all you need to know when it comes to the biggest stories on the planet.

Hemp Global Solutions (HGS) formed last year to show the world that hemp is much more than the fabric of choice for hippies, and could be our best bet in the fight against climate change. For this week’s Cool Projects interview, we caught up with Rebekah Shaman of HGS to find out more.

Eco-filmmaker Jack Guest releases his debut offering, A Convenient Truth, this week. The film, set to be released online in five parts before its full feature length unveiling next year, is a positive response to Al Gore’s 2006 polemic, An Inconvenient Truth.