Express! More than 40 years ago, “What the World Needs Now is Love”, according to the popular song bearing the same title. Today, the world still needs love more than ever to survive the waves of global problems – economic crisis, threat of terrorism, regional instability – the list goes on.

What do these developments mean for all of us who care about the environment? We could accept that environmental issues might not occupy as much global consciousness now as we desire. We could despair silently of the kind of cyclical amnesia that somewhat mirrors the “occasional” procrastination in our personal lives. Alternatively, we could continue to arm ourselves with better knowledge of how the environment matters in our individual, corporate and national decisions. We could persist in doing our little part for our immediate surroundings, no matter how insignificant it may seem, no matter how unappreciated it may be.

This issue continues on the themes of previous issues, with a mixture of articles to equip, motivate, and persuade our readers. We hope to equip you with a better understanding of important global issues and their relationship with the environment. We hope to motivate you with profiles of people who have made a difference to the environment in their different spheres of influence. We hope to persuade you to make minor changes in your lives that can have significant impact for the environment.

Pak Shun
Editor