Turning a famous symbol into light
- On taking leadership – check out my very good friend Michael Mobb’s plan to make the suburb of Chippendale in Sydney sustainable. He’s thought about everything with everything green buildings to art to the urban heat island effect to his favourite topic — food.
- Again on leadership, I recently watched “The Lady”, about Aung San Suu Kyi’s struggle for democracy in Burma. Kyi was not able to return to the UK when her husband had prostate cancer and they were separated when he finally passed. When the dictatorship told her “you must choose between your husband and your family, or your country”, she responded with “what choice is that”? On May 12th, Kyi was formally sworn into the Burmese Parliament, ending 24 years of struggle, of which 15 years were spent under house arrest.
- I’ve got another post up on the Fifth Estate, continuing my series for the UN’s Sustainable Energy for All. This time I’ve focussed on new and innovative solutions for light – including the long lauded “coke bottle” light which was recently nominated for an Ashden award.
