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Today is Earth Day, an annual day to “broaden, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide”, according to organisers.

Caring about the planet sometimes feel like fighting against the tide. Why, for example, am I suffering through the sensory hell of soggy paper straws while super-wealthy people are causing unfathomable harm through the transport they use?

One Oxfam report looked at23 superyachts owned by billionaires and found they travelled an average of 12,465 nautical miles a year. The charity explained “this is equivalent to each superyacht crossing the Atlantic almost four times”.

It added the average annual carbon footprint of each of these yachts is estimated to be 5,672 tonnes and “it would take the average person 860 years to emit the same pollution”.

I mean. Doesn’t it just make you want to scream?

This frustration doesn’t leave us without responsibility, though

Environmental charity Friends of the Earth said making planet-friendly and ethical choices when it comes to how and what we consume is “more important than ever given the devastating impacts consumption, and particularly overconsumption, can have on our climate, ecosystems, habitats and communities”.

“Governments and companies around the world need to do much more to prevent environmental and human rights violations in global supply chains,” the charity........

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