Profile of David Suzuki

All articles of David Suzuki

• Let’s resolve to make it a real happy new year
  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if world leaders resolved to look at life in a different light this new year? They could follow the example of Bhutan. ...
• Are we trading away our rights and environment?
  Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides ...
• Mega-quarry victory shows people have the power
  “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.” These words, attributed to anthropologist Margaret Mead, ...
• 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 ...
• Life flourishes even in the cracks
  These hardy plants are generally written off as undesirable. They’re routinely trampled, savaged by extreme summer heat, washed out by rainfall ...
• Will we learn from Sandy?
  Along with recent heavy rainfall, flooding, heat waves and droughts throughout the world, it’s the kind of severe weather event scientists have ...
• We can learn from nature’s genius
  But when I canoe or hike along the edge of lakes or oceans and see trees that seem to be growing out of rock faces, I am blown away. How do they ...
• China deal and budget sacrifice democracy to...
  Why, when so many people oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project, would government and industry resort to such extreme measures to ...
• Taters versus craters: mega-quarry pits farmland...
  A plan to remove it spotlights the challenges faced everywhere when the desire to protect valuable and ever-diminishing farmland clashes with ...
• Get your kids away from the screen and into the green
  In a survey conducted for the David Suzuki Foundation, 70 per cent of Canadian youth said they spend an hour or less a day in the open air. And ...
• It’s in our nature to be healthy
  Recently, I found my three-year-old grandson picking at a scab on his arm. It brought a flood of memories because I used to do the same thing. It ...
• What’s the fracking problem with natural gas?
  Studies have found quakes are common in many places where that natural gas extraction process is employed.It’s not unexpected that shooting ...
• A worrisome wet wake-up call from the Arctic
  According to the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center, record melt has occurred for the past six years. Both the NSIDC and the European Space ...
• Water: Is the glass half empty or half full?
  We need it to stay hydrated and grow food. We use it to generate electricity. Water is in us and all around us. It makes up about 65 per cent of ...
• Climate change deniers are almost extinct
  Most North Americans know that human-caused global warming is real, even if political leaders don’t always reflect or act on that knowledge. ...
• People are getting sick of environmental destruction
  We’ve long known that environmental factors contribute to disease, especially contamination of air, water, and soil. Scientists are now learning ...
• Are plastic bags really necessary?
  A national newspaper columnist wrote that “banning plastic bags will do exactly nothing to save the planet.” She went on to argue that they’re ...
• Map app brings nature into the equation
  Dream no longer. This elegant machine is a healthy, mature tree.Using energy from sunlight, a tree can soak up almost 400 litres of water from ...
• Keeping deadly asbestos industry alive
  Mesothelioma is a nasty cancer that affects the lining around a person's lungs. It can also damage membranes around the abdomen, heart, and ...
• Another day, another pipeline spill
  It could have been worse; nothing was being pumped at the time. The company, Plains Midstream, claims the light sour crude may smell bad but ...
• Endangered species face one-two punch
  In Ottawa, the government introduced Bill C-38 to implement far-reaching measures announced in its budget. Ontario’s government introduced a ...
• Germany shows that renewable is doable
  On Saturday, May 26, the country met half its midday energy needs with solar power. On the preceding workday Friday, it met a third with solar. ...
• 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 ...
• Prescription for health, happiness: a daily dose of...
  Do you want to be happier, healthier, and smarter? I have just the prescription for you: add a daily dose of nature to your routine.Over the past ...
• Going to bat for our furry flying friends
  Bats are fascinating creatures, and they’re more important than many people realize. A bat can eat more than 1,000 insects in an hour – up to ...
• Speak out for the environment, democracy on June 4
  Canada would be a different place without our 80,000 registered charities dedicated to everything from health to economic policy to the ...
• The fundamental failure of environmentalism
  Over the past 50 years, environmentalists have succeeded in raising awareness, changing logging practices, stopping mega-dams and offshore ...
• Environmental rules should be better, not easier
  Few people would argue against making environmental review processes and regulations more efficient — as long as they’re effective. But changes ...
• Green vision offers cure for plant blindness
  Suddenly the boy stopped and pointed excitedly to the canopy of branches above. “Look papa. Sticks come from trees!” Mentally reconnecting fallen ...
• Gulf of St. Lawrence is important to Canadian identity
  We Canadians love the wilderness. Whether we’re talking to visitors here or people we meet in our travels, our conversations almost always end up ...