David Suzuki: Let’s celebrate the gifts of winter
Get out and enjoy the gifts that winter brings. Continue reading David Suzuki: Let’s celebrate the gifts of winter
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David Suzuki: Let’s raise the bar for 2014
We need everyone to raise the bar on discussion and action — in politics, the media and our own lives. Let’s make the coming year a better one. Continue reading David Suzuki: Let’s raise the bar for 2014
David Suzuki: Make Canada’s reality match its image
Our Constitution doesn’t mention the environment. How can we fully enjoy our freedoms without the right to live in a healthy environment? Continue reading David Suzuki: Make Canada’s reality match its image
David Suzuki: Greenpeace arrests show attempts to silence environmentalists continue
Human rights are vulnerable at a time when governments aggressively promote the interests of corporations over a healthy environment. Continue reading David Suzuki: Greenpeace arrests show attempts to silence environmentalists continue
Energy choices risk climate chaos for Atlantic Canada – Science Matters
When it comes to climate change, our future will not be determined by chance but by choice. We can choose to ignore the science, or we can change our ways and reduce carbon emissions and our dependence on fossil fuels. Continue reading Energy choices risk climate chaos for Atlantic Canada – Science Matters
David Suzuki: Help solve an orange-and-black mystery
What weighs less than a paperclip, tastes terrible and can travel thousands of kilometres without a map? Hint: this delicate critter is tawny-orange with black veins and white spots and has been mysteriously absent from Canada this summer. Continue reading David Suzuki: Help solve an orange-and-black mystery
Attacks on climate change science hinder solutions
Resolving the problem of climate change will cost, but it will be much more expensive to follow the defeatist advice of industry shills, whose greed and lack of care for humanity will condemn our children and grandchildren to an uncertain future. Continue reading Attacks on climate change science hinder solutions
Is geoengineering a silver bullet for climate change?
Rather than rationalizing our continued use of fossil fuels in the false belief that technology will enable us to carry on with our destructive ways, we really need governments, scientists and industry to start taking climate change and greenhouse gas emissions seriously. Continue reading Is geoengineering a silver bullet for climate change?
Scientists work to solve mystery of dying bees
We need to get a handle on the toxic chemicals we use to grow food. If our practices kill insects and birds that make it possible to grow crops, we’re defeating their purpose and putting ourselves and the rest of nature at risk. Continue reading Scientists work to solve mystery of dying bees
National Research Council’s new focus ignores how science works
If we’re serious about creating partnerships between science and business, we have to support the best scientists so they are competitive with any around the world. Continue reading National Research Council’s new focus ignores how science works
Get your kids away from the screen and into the green
Pushing our kids out the door may be the best way to save the planet. In a survey conducted for the David Suzuki Foundation, 70 per cent of Canadian youth… Continue reading Get your kids away from the screen and into the green
Water: Is the glass half empty or half full? – Science Matters
Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas. Continue reading Water: Is the glass half empty or half full? – Science Matters