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Tag: David Suzuki Foundation
David Suzuki: President Obama must show some climate leadership
The race to become leader of the world’s most powerful democracy often seemed disconnected from reality. During debates, the two main candidates stooped to insults, half-truths and outright lies. The…
David Suzuki: Will we learn from Sandy?
The storm that wreaked havoc on Caribbean nations and the U.S. East Coast in late October offers a glimpse into our future. Along with recent heavy rainfall, flooding, heat waves…
Taters versus craters: mega-quarry pits farmland against industry
A billion tonnes of limestone lie beneath the rural countryside in Melancthon Township, 100 kilometres north of Toronto. A plan to remove it spotlights the challenges faced everywhere when the…
It’s in our nature to be healthy
One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child. Recently, I found my three-year-old grandson picking at a…
What’s the fracking problem with natural gas?
It’s not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren’t the worst problem with fracking.
A worrisome wet wake-up call from the Arctic
Both the NSIDC and the European Space Agency say ice is thinning at a rate 50 per cent faster than scientists predicted.
Fuelling the future requires bold vision
B.C.’s Christy Clark was right to walk away from a national energy strategy. She just did it for the wrong reasons.
Connecting the dots from Ontario to Rio
Ontario’s endangered wildlife dodged a bullet (and a bulldozer) recently, when the provincial government reversed its decision to gut the province’s world-class Endangered Species Act
Endangered species face one-two government punch – Science Matters
Canada’s environmental laws are under attack by both the federal and Ontario governments.
Corporate Knights releases Green Provincial Report Card for 2012
Ontario and British Columbia lead the pack in the race to become Canada’s greenest province or territory.
Black Out Speak Out
If you believe that good democracy requires all voices to be fairly heard, speak out on June 4.
Protests shine spotlight on skewed priorities
When I heard about the student protests in Montreal, I swallowed the line that Quebec’s pampered youth pay lower fees than those in other parts of Canada but aren’t aware…
Prescription for health and happiness: A daily dose of nature
Researchers from fields as diverse as biology, psychiatry, engineering, horticulture, neuroscience, and medicine have realized what most of us know intuitively: nature is good for our health and wellbeing.
Environmental rules should be better, not easier
Changes announced in the recent federal budget make it easier for the federal government and industry to push through projects, and limit the ability of ordinary Canadian citizens to have a say in matters of national importance.
The Pacific Herring
Shared by DavidSuzukiFDN on Mar 13, 2012 David Suzuki Foundation Sustainable Fisheries Analyst explains why the spring arrival of spawning herring is the ecological event of the year on the Pacific North Coast. Read more. Related articles David Suzuki: Canada must do more to protect its oceans (straight.com) Climate Leadership Ensures A Better Future (publication) (pembina.org) More related…
Ontario snapping turtles face triple threat from hunting, road kill and toxins
A new report documents the plight of Ontario’s imperiled snapping turtles, prehistoric creatures that have been around for 40 million years but are being pushed to the brink of extinction.
Protest highlights unnatural aspects of economic system – Science Matters
In early November, 70 Harvard University students walked out of their introductory economics class. They wrote to Prof. Gregory Mankiw that the biased nature of his course "perpetuates problematic and…
