Over the past few editions I have tried to concentrate on the trends involving climate change, because I feel so strongly that we must address these issues or face a cataclysmic future we can hardly imagine. One of the ways this must be done is by developing ecologically sound, economically viable, alternatives to petroleum energy. This issue of SR is dedicated to positive signs of this positive trend. The story of Iceland is particularly worth your attention. Note all these stories are the result of responsible government support, in cooperation with private business. And that it is occurring, proportionally, at a level and dedication greater than in the U.S. It pains me to write that last sentence. One has to ask: Imagine what the trillion dollars, by some respected accounts two trillion dollars, we will spend on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan might have produced facing the real enemy — our toxic lifestyle, and its effects on the earth. — Stephan