Why I do this blog…
Thursday, November 24th, 2005My second daughter — Rebecca Leigh Anne Hamilton — was born yesterday. She came into the world like a lightning bolt. So fast, in fact, that we almost had to deliver her in the car. After we left the hospital I couldn’t help but notice the stink of the city — everything from second-hand smoke to car exhaust to the smell of garbage to pollution in general. From the protection and purity of the womb to what can only be described as the disgusting atmosphere outside. It’s sad, really, and it’s hard not to feel guilty for exposing this little human to all the crap in the air.
This blog is for her, and her 3-year-old sister Claire. As cheesy as it may sound, I think it’s important to create awareness of and interest in clean technologies, green policies and sustainable development so that when Rebecca and Claire have their own children they can breath a little easier when leaving the hospital. Progress is being made, and that’s encouraging, but we can no longer take two steps backward to go one step forward.
On a related note, I won’t be posting quite as consistently over the next few days because of this new little arrival. Lack of sleep aside, next week things should return back to normal. The new normal, that is.
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.