A land speed record has been set by an electric car, with a British Lord at the wheel. The US is finally getting its climate change response together at the same time as committing to help Africa go electric and clean. There’s a soccerball you can kick around and produce energy at the same time. A solar powered plane flies non-stop across the US – day and night! The sleepy, happy place of Bhutan is producing more clean energy from hydro than it needs so it’s exporting it. 40% is the anticipated growth of worldwide renewables in the next five years.  The world’s largest offshore wind farm, with a price tag of $A3 billion, opens off the coast of Scotland. An Australian, who co-founded US solar leasing firm Sungevity and a former campaigns manager for Greenpeace, is setting up a solar energy innovation hub in California. Lots of good news with a decided business ring to it. Not the tills ringing necessarily, but a ringing in the ears of business people. A wake up call or an alarm? Whatever it takes, it is happening. Of course, there’s is still some bad news. Like the Businessweek sustainability indicator that says 5 years is the average life expectancy lost to air pollution from coal burning in northern China. And Germany’s recent flooding has been the worst experienced and reaffirms Munich Re’s climate/extreme weather predictions. But further good business news with Ricoh winning an award for its Eco Action Day and BMW producing a genuine cradle to grave car. New York streets have sprouted with a solar charger for mobile phones and there’s a way to keep trucks running clean in their tracks. But the last word must be the move by the global motor racing industry to a more sustainable future. Take the foot of the brakes for that! – Ken Hickson