Blue Planet Almanac Asks the Tough Questions

I’d like to introduce readers to Mike Austin, an extremely active proponent of eco-friendliness whom I met through a friend recently. In a phone call the other day, Mike explained how outrageous he finds the United States’ approach to the COP-15 summit in Copenhagen commencing in a few weeks. In particular, he points out that, given the fact that we live in an ostensible representative democracy, it’s strange (to use a charitable term) that there is no publically available information on our delegation, the players and their strategies. He writes, “Given our world’s precarious future, in a model democracy which is meant to be transparent, I find it especially curious that no one I’ve found in the last few days really knows what’s going on. I’d prefer to think it’s not business as usual for America but I’ve now my doubts.”

For those of you who may not have come across it, Mike’s Blue Planet Almanac is a wonderful resource. The first thing I notice about the site, of course, is the incredible breadth of content and the way it’s so thoughtfully presented. But I’m really taken by the technology too. Mike: that’s quite an array of audio, video and social media. It would take me about 50 years to learn how to do that myself. Keep up the good work.