What do you think? Is Christmas sustainable? How would it all work in a changed world?

In my opinion Christmas is not sustainable as everything is done over the top. There are more lights more food more of everything, so therefore there is more waste.

This will probably never change as it is a time of celebration, when families who haven't seen each other for some time get the chance to see each other and come together to celebrate a religious tradition.

If it was all different and Christmas wasn't a time of celebration I think it would be really boring, as there would be nothing to look forward to. But I do think it needs to become more sustainable.For example People can use plastic trees instead of buying a new tree every year, and they can also cook less food as well as recycling the things which they use.

Here is a website to help you learn more about Christmas

http://www.soon.org.uk/christmas.htmwww.soon.org.uk/christmas.htm

To what extent do the best selling UK newspapers cover stories related to series issues? To what extent would you think that it is their role to do so? In your opinion does the tabloid media and low budget entrainment (reality shows, soaps) have too much power and influence in this country?

In the UK the best selling news paper is the sun. This newspaper doesn't cover serious issues very well, its purpose its to entertain and keep the public informed on celebrity gossip, like who is dating who, and who is rumoured to be breaking up. Even if they do print a series issues its not written in depths so you don't get the full picture on what happened. The target audience for the sun is 9 years old, so this is properly why they don't cover complex issues which are going on in the world.

Popular news papers such the Sun, and Star should make more of an effort to inform people of issues such as climate change as they have power to influence people. I understand they want to keep their topics interesting for their target audience, but they can present series issues in a way which will make the reader take notice. This is very important as series issues such as climate change affect all of us, and the more we are informed the better we will be prepared for changes.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/

I do believe the tabloid media, and low budget soaps have allot of power over people in this country. People are addicted to watching their favourite soaps like Easterners and Conaration Street, when they miss it you find them asking questions like what happened in Eastenders last night?. I think a change needs to take place to make people more aware of serious issues, maybe new program's need to be invented which are more to do with whats going in the world. But they need to be able to hold the interest of the viewers.