Empty champagne bottles are already stacking up on Saturday afternoon at Nikki Beach, an exclusive bar on Cannes seafront where Mariah Carey and Eva Longoria Parker dined the night before.

The alcohol's effect is all too evident as a crowd clad in garishly expensive designer clothes dances on the sand.

Suddenly, a blonde woman jumps on to a table and cheers erupt as her boyfriend sprays a £350 magnum of Piper Heidsieck champagne over her already see-through top. Onlookers whoop appreciatively as she writhes around wearing only a huge diamond Chanel pendant around her neck. Ogling men step forward to pour more champagne over her head and into her mouth while women flock round excitedly.
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Can bamboo save our forests and help end poverty?

A shift toward more bamboo production by small scale farmers in Vietnam could reduce poverty and help circumvent worldwide demand for timber as a building material, writes Bryan Nelson from Ecoworldly, part of the Guardian Environment Network.

Due to its many benefits, bamboo has been touted as an environmental miracle crop. It's a significant carbon sink, it grows fast, is more termite-resistant than timber, and can be used for everything from food to clothing material to scaffolding for building construction.
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