David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.
If world representatives at the UN climate conference in Glasgow put talk into action, we could forestall the worst impacts…
As autumn brings cooler, shorter days, people in Canada will rake, mow and blow leaves from more than six million…
Would you buy cannabis gummies from me? Apparently, hundreds of people would. Only trouble is, I don’t sell them, and…
Meeting the needs of eight billion people is a serious challenge. Meeting the “wants” of those tied to political and…
Environmentalists working to promote recovery of plants and animals at risk of extinction often face the challenge of how to…
Humanity seems to be teetering on the brink. On one hand, we know that rapidly shifting from coal, oil and…
Most people try to keep their children and grandchildren safe and wouldn’t knowingly put them at risk. Maybe that’s why…
We recently wrote that the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report contained little we didn’t already know. It has profound…
Protecting the air, water, soil, ecosystems and biodiversity that make human life possible shouldn’t be political. It’s become politicized, though.…
There’s little in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report that we didn’t already know. It’s shocking nonetheless —…
Around the turn of this century, hydrogen was big, especially in B.C. We were testing hydrogen fuel cell buses. Then-premier Gordon…
During COVID-19 lockdown, people started working and viewing work differently. Many worked from home, and some employers offered flexible schedules…
It’s easy to think we’re beyond denial over the climate crisis, now that even oil industry executives are talking about taking it…
Considering the language G7 leaders used going into their mid-June summit in Cornwall, U.K., it’s difficult not to be disappointed…
The Indigenous “Land Back” movement isn’t new, but it’s gaining increasing public attention and support. In this time of facing uncomfortable truths…
Burning coal, oil and gas is causing the world to heat at an unnaturally rapid rate. Destroying forests, wetlands, grasslands…
Oil giant ExxonMobil’s leaders have a long history of doing everything to keep the world from addressing climate change. They’ve buried company…
One long-held excuse for not getting off oil, gas and coal faster is that energy sources like solar and wind…
Thirty-three years ago, NASA scientist James Hansen told a U.S. congressional committee the agency was 99 per cent certain a global warming…
On his first day in office, U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to impose limits on methane emissions from oil and gas…
Protection and restoration are two sides of the conservation coin — protection for spaces that haven’t yet been damaged or…
As May brings sunnier weather to Canada, many will mark the season by firing up their lawn mowers. Before you…
In 1970, to make the world safer from humanity’s worst self-destructive impulses, most nations joined the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of…
As human activity continues to heat the planet and destroy wildlife habitat, plants and animals are responding based on their…
Anyone who’s read the book I wrote with Wayne Grady, Tree: A Life Story, or Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees,…
With COVID-19 vaccines becoming more available, we can breathe a small sigh of relief — through our masks! But we…
It should be evident that a national government has the authority to set policy regarding nationally important issues. But with…
Photo by Jules Marvin Eguilos on Unsplash We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reimagine our communities, economy and our own…
We all have to eat. But the ways in which we grow, harvest, process, transport, prepare and consume food are…
The late urban visionary Jane Jacobs wrote, “Perhaps it will be the city that reawakens our understanding and appreciation of nature,…
H.L. Mencken once wrote that “there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.” This is…
As vaccines become available and we emerge from COVID-19’s shadow, we must hang onto insights we’ve gained. We can all…
Everything we need to survive — food, water, air, shelter — comes from nature, of which we are a part.…
Rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions is critical to avoiding increasing climate change impacts. Doing so won’t immediately stop the world…
I was once at the cutting edge of genetics research. The textbook I co-authored was the most widely used in the world.…
There’s truth to the saying, “Think globally, act locally.” To resolve a planetary crisis like climate disruption, we need change…
That anyone today could deny the overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence for human-caused climate disruption is shocking. You don’t even need…
Another year, another record. Even with a global seven per cent drop in fossil fuel burning during the pandemic, 2020…
As was demonstrated in the U.S. last week, many who are motivated by fear and ignorance are feeling emboldened —…
The following is adapted from The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (Greystone Books), a book I wrote with Amanda McConnell…
This is our last column for 2020. What a year it’s been! As if things weren’t bad enough on the…
In Canada, we’re quick to favourably compare ourselves to our southern neighbours. COVID-19 caseloads may be at an all-time high…
Throughout Canada and around the world, the second wave of COVID-19 is hitting hard. Over the next few months, governments…
Recently I’ve been thinking about what a low-carbon life might actually look like. We would drive and fly less and…
What we refer to as “plastic” hasn’t been around for long. But its usefulness has caused production to skyrocket —…