David @ Tokyo

Rodney Hide has made an art form of mocking NZ Greens leader Jeanette Fitzsimmons (who incidently kindly responded to a suggestion from me about how the Greens might improve their environmental policy - it was quite an interesting response actually, but I'll save it for another time)

Fitzsimmons was recently caught with her pants down when her and her husband were told off for lighting a fire in unsuitable conditions. Green!? Hohoho!

This time Rodney has picked a nice quote from a speech of hers:

Think Global Act Local is about taking care of our own piece of the planet and managing our own activities using what we now know about the whole system. It empowers us to act more thoughtfully and more effectively. It requires us to ask, “what would be the effect of 6 billion people doing what I am doing now?

Says Rodney:

"So what would happen if 6 billion people all lit a fire in high winds when a fire ban is on?"

Indeed!!
But, like so many "environmentalists", at least her heart is in the right place.