Wavering from Hope to Despair

There’s at least one man in this world who constantly wavers from hope to despair. For 20 years David Suzuki has been pounding the streets and shouting over airwaves that we must wake up and face up to environmental reality. We give the last word to a much lesser known mortal man who promoted the oil and resources industry for many years, latterly switching to a very Envirofriendly product. A tribute to Don Norton. Is there hope that finally our politicians have moved towards a realistic and achieveable climate change policy? Singapore made its mark as the venue for another successful Grand Prix and a very significant but smaller green car event. Is Formula One serious about driving to a greener future? Carbon Planet played an important role in developing a new global measure for avoided deforestation and some good advice for Christchurch to build it back green after its devastating earthquake. Wind is all at sea in the UK, the tide turns for Cameroon, and China’s solar billionaire says we must stop subsidising fossil fuels. China is showing its cleantech leadership potential and Townsville, the solar city, is on a mission. The world meets in Kazakhstan for an energy efficiency forum and Volvo comes up with a One Tonne Life project. Cate Blanchett lends her star quality to promote Tim Flannery’s latest book. There is hope after all. – Ken Hickson