G8 Summit Diary: How woolly hats will change the world

By guest author, Adrian Lovett in Hokkaido, Japan Half way through an interview with a Russian TV news crew I couldn’t help being distracted by something moving in my peripheral vision. In the car park next to us a little electric vehicle was circling round and round, carrying a passenger with a slightly nervous smile. The Japanese are showing off their green motor industry here at the G8. It’s not quite a bike, not quite a car. Somewhere between a large wheelchair and a small forklift truck. I tried to keep my mind on the Russian government’s commitment on aid. Later I did a radio interview live into a drivetime show on Australian public radio. The interviewer actually said ‘fair dinkum’ to me. This afternoon I proudly waved a small woolly hat in the air from a press conference platform. The hat was knitted by Val from... [read full story]