We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.
We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.
Author: David Suzuki
The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air water and continents are interconnected. That is our home.
The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air water and continents are interconnected. That is our home.
Global trade has advantages. For starters it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.
Global trade has advantages. For starters it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.
We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity salt imbalance and allergies.
We must pay greater attention to keeping our bodies and minds healthy and able to heal. Yet we are making it difficult for our defences to work. We allow things to be sold that should not be called food. Many have no nutritive value and lead to obesity salt imbalance and allergies.
The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.
The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.
Beyond reducing individual use one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.
Beyond reducing individual use one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall.
If we want to address global warming along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible we must learn to use our resources more wisely kick our addiction and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.
If we want to address global warming along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible we must learn to use our resources more wisely kick our addiction and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.
Over and over we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.
Over and over we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.
In the environmental movement every time you lose a battle it's for good but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.
In the environmental movement every time you lose a battle it's for good but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.
Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary.
Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary.
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease cancer stroke diabetes Alzheimer's and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.
The medical literature tells us that the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease cancer stroke diabetes Alzheimer's and many more problems are through healthy diet and exercise. Our bodies have evolved to move yet we now use the energy in oil instead of muscles to do our work.