Editorial

Staff · Issue 101, Mar/Apr 2018 · pp. 4

Editorial Green Planet 1 It always hacks me off when I hear that a friend of mine not 10 miles away has had a free upgrade of his broadband speed from 100 to 200 mbps when I still have to get by with a measly 8mbps at best. Wouldn’t it be fairer firstly for me to be upgraded to 16mbps (which I’d be delighted with) and then, the 100’s could have their 200? I will admit that I had a similar hack when Blue Planet II came out. Now don’t get me wrong, BP II has been an absolute joy; a great flag bearer for our world and which has started the global awareness of the plastic peril (more on that in a minute) but I’d be much happier if they produced a Green Planet 1 first before committing funds to BP II. Sure, blue water covers most of our marine area but it’s green relative is no less amazing visually and is equally well off in terms of inhabitants and stories. With today’s incredible video cam…