Harry Potter star Emma Watson – Hermione Grainger in the films based on the books by JK Rowling – has launched a fashion range in collaboration with People Tree, a sustainable fashion label to produce environmentally friendly clothes and accessories reports Edie.

The range is scheduled to launch next week (February 8th) and Emma acted as creative advisor on the designs which includes jerseys, t-shirts, dresses and trousers among others. The range will be available to both men and women.

Emma previously also fronted advertising campaigns for Burberry.

The People Tree line will use 100% organic and fair-trade cotton, and will be made entirely by hand by fair-trade groups in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

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Google’s new Nexus One mobile phone could become embroiled in a legal battle over its name. According to a report on Sky News, the family of sci-fi author Phillip K. Dick have reportedly asked Google to stop using the Nexus One name.

For geeks among us, they will know the connection between the two, but for those who don’t here’s an explanation.

Phillip K. Dick is the cult sci-fi author responsible for the book ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ which formed the basis for the film ‘Bladerunner’, starring Harrison Ford. In the book, a bounty hunter known as Nexus 6 (or six) chased down cyborgs. In the film, Nexus Six was a class of ‘replicant’ – a cyborg designed to look human.

Google’s phone, which was launched earlier in the week and has created a large amount of buzz, runs Google’s Android operating system.

The family of Phillip K. Dick claim intellectual-property infringement by Google and have asked the search giant to stop using the name, claiming there is a clear association between the characters of Dicks’ work and the name for Google’s latest creation.

Google have so far refused to comment on the claims by Dicks’ family, but say the name has nothing to do with the author’s work and that their use of the word ‘Nexus’ was used in its original sense, as a place where things converge.

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Those at Parliament Square yesterday were treated to a protest with a difference.

As 31 Greenpeace members climbed onto the roof of the Palace of Westminster to protest about climate change, down on the ground members of the UK Youth Climate Coalition (UKYCC) joined in the protest in their own unique style: a choreographed protest that was the culmination of a three day dance workshop.

Starting off with a lone dancer, the routine developed to incorporate around 150 members of the organisation. The three minute routine took the Greenpeace protestors as much by surprise as it did the passers-by.

Emma Biermann, 23 year old coordinator of UKYCC said: “Young people in the UK are often portrayed as apathetic, but growing numbers are coming together to learn the skills to campaign for change with the help of the UK Youth Climate Coalition.”

“After this event we’re all feeling totally energised and ready to lead the way to a cooler, smarter, low- carbon future.”

There’s a video of the dancers on the Guardian site here.

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