We can take heart on a slow news Sunday, a cold and wet one at that, that our glitterati are taking an interest in our future.And it was if a ray of sunshine had brightened an otherwise dreary Sunday morn when I read of a barbecue held at the home of Lucy Lawless on Friday.
This was no mere social gathering you understand - indeed not, the planet needs saving and who better to do it than the gaggle of New Zealand celebrities who have signed on to Greenpeace's "sign on" campaign and who gathered there to celebrate.
It turns out that the warrior princess has teamed up with some health professionals from Shortland street, amongst others to save the planet,
And guess who the enemy is folks - it is you and I! The hoi poli who spew the deadly toxin CO2 into the atmosphere as we go about our everyday business, feeding, clothing and housing our own and, dare I say it, using the occasional plastic shopping bag along the way.
And speaking of plastic bags another of the glitterati involved in this effort is none other than Stephen Tindall of "The Warehouse" fame. Now the last time I patronized one of his stores I was charged 10c for a plastic bag to contain my purchases, a great planet saving gesture I'm sure. My contribution to saving the planet for that day was to improve The Warehouse' balance sheet by paying a surcharge on a plastic bag. I felt a satisfying warm glow of gratitude from the inhabitants of low lying Pacific atolls come over me as I forked over the additional money. It lasted all of a microsecond.
So as the planet saving gets underway the humble, such as myself, will continue to do our bit by paying extra for plastic shopping bags while the elite will do their thing, hectoring the rest of us on the errors of our profligate ways from their Mission Bay mansions.