<!– /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:””; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} –> Russell Brown’s Media7 programme (tonight at 9.30) will look at the media’s coverage of climate change…As the TVNZ website notes: “Much of the environmental consciousness in New Zealand seems to have an almost quasi-religious slant.
“Kiwis (particularly those who can afford it) are subjected to moral pressure through the media to do their bit, to be green and to save the planet. But are the steps they take merely cosmetic? Is this pre-occupation with green products (laundry power, biodegradable plastic bags etc.) just a trendy middle and upper-class affectation that is fashionable for those who can afford it and extremely profitable to marketers and advertising agencies?”
On the panel is: Vincent Heeringa publisher of Idealog & Good magazine and chairman of the Science Media Centre’s advisory board; Clive Matthew-Wilson – Dog & Lemon Guide; and Sido Kitchin – Editor NZ Woman’s Weekly
If anyone wants expert opinion from local climate scientists, please contact the Science Media Centre (smc@sciencemediacentre.co.nz, 04 499 5476)