Edie Lush

As green as it gets

I’m in Copenhagen, Denmark, where it has started to snow. You’d think with all of the hot air around here spouting from the various politicians the snow would have melted and we’d be sporting bikinis on the canals, but, in fact, it’s freezing.

Weather aside, I’m reporting for Hub Culture and hanging out with terrific friends Meg Thomson and Stan Stalnaker and terrific camera woman/editor Suvi Andrea Helminen . The Hub Culture is as hopping as it gets – and with delegates leaving the Bella Center in droves because they’re a) bored, b) can’t get in Hub’s Pavilion is rapidly becoming the center of action.

California’s Governor Schwarzenegger stopped by and chatted with me today .

This is the ONLY international interview that the Governor did during his trip to Copenhagen.

Schwarzenegger says that although we need a global deal on Climate Change, sub national groups like California are already light years ahead creating a green economy. In California, through tax incentives, cities are competing to attract green companies because of the job growth it brings. Obama needs to show the leadership already being demonstrated on the west coast – now is the time and now is the opportunity. He could simply copy some of the initiatives coming out of California to encourage the growth of green jobs. What works in California could work for the US.

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