There are so many initiatives these days that provide hope for sustainability success.  Their shared theme is renewal, a theme at the heart of the holiday spirit. Here are but a few examples of pioneers, path-breaking initiatives, and actions of ordinary people.

• Earth Policy Institute's  Plan B 3.0:  Mobilizing to Save Civilization  by reversing trends fast undermining our future.  Four goals: stabilize climate, stabilize population, eradicate poverty, and restore damaged ecosystems.
• Worldwatch's State of the World 2008 showcases innovations for a sustainable economy that are shifting whole societies onto a sustainable path.
• Collaborating World Politicians! - The Bali Roadmap - not a panecea, but a promising beginning for reversing the accelerating climate catastrophe.
• Corporate Sustainabiltiy Pioneer & Leader since the early 1990s - Ray Anderson & Interface Corporation.  Vision/Mission:        zero environmental impact by 2020.  
• The Free Market Responds to the climate catastrophe and larger sustainability crisis with venture capital - the fuel for next generation innovation: new energy finance.   new carbon finance. 
• Restoring the Balance - TerraPass, a pioneer in carbon offsets. 
• Integrative Understanding is Accelerating:  MIT & Sustainabilty, the S-Business Laboratory.  The Earth Portal for accurate, authoratative, and accessible information and intelligence.  Wiser Earth - a wiki community collobrative tool for sustainability.