KEY POINTS:
The weekly environmental friendliness test. This week: Dr Nick Smith, National spokesman on the environment.
What are you doing personally to make a difference?
My household green waste is composted and I separate and recycle the glass, plastic and paper waste. I choose to live next door to my electorate office to minimise my transport in Nelson, and regularly bike and walk with my children. My home and office use eco-bulbs to minimise energy use.
What more could you do?
I want to upgrade my 2-litre Honda to more efficient technology and am exploring solar/heat pump technologies for heating my hot water.
What is your biggest environmental sin?
Flying too much.
Global warming - true or false?
True. But the science as to the extent, timing and impacts is still being debated.
