Friday, January 28, 2005

New Zealand: Green Haven for Biotech?

My best friend Di just got a great new job in Hartford where she gets to run into Petey and Anna. I am still looking for the next phase in my career. Have you ever considered working in New Zealand? After Lord of the Rings, I can imagine it!

Writes Stephan Herrera for MIT's Febuary 2005 online edition at TechnologyReview.com, "New Zealand, of all places, may have found a solution, proving once again that the best ideas pop up where they are least expected. This nation’s four million inhabitants form arguably the most politically and environmentally correct society on the planet—and one might think, therefore, among the most staunchly anti-GMO. New Zealand is a nuclear-free zone. Its two main islands have a small but politically powerful population of indigenous Maori, who are newly emboldened and empowered after generations of repression, and who consider plants and animals to be their kinfolk. The Green Party enjoys enormous influence in government. The country is as famous for the verdant, rolling hills of the north island and the rugged alps of the south island..."

Read on, MacDuff!New Zealand: Green Haven for Biotech?