Trade and Investment Rules Shouldn’t Undermine Climate Ambition
If world representatives at the UN climate conference in Glasgow put talk into action, we…
Browsing: David Suzuki
Why Not Leave Those Leaves Alone?
As autumn brings cooler, shorter days, people in Canada will rake, mow and blow leaves…
CBD Gummy Scam Illustrates Need for Media Iiteracy
Would you buy cannabis gummies from me? Apparently, hundreds of people would. Only trouble is,…
Rewilding Can Help Heal Wounds We’ve Inflicted
Meeting the needs of eight billion people is a serious challenge. Meeting the “wants” of…
Greening the Red List can Accelerate Species Recovery
Environmentalists working to promote recovery of plants and animals at risk of extinction often face…
Let’s Tip the Scales Toward Justice
Humanity seems to be teetering on the brink. On one hand, we know that rapidly…
Climate-Altering Negligence is Endangering our Children
Most people try to keep their children and grandchildren safe and wouldn’t knowingly put them…
IPCC Report Could be a Legal Game-Changer for Climate
We recently wrote that the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report contained little we didn’t…
Federal Election Requires Serious Shift on Climate, Justice and Health
Protecting the air, water, soil, ecosystems and biodiversity that make human life possible shouldn’t be…
Climate Report Shows World Pushed to the Brink by Fossil Fuels
There’s little in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report that we didn’t already…
Hydrogen Hype: Climate Solution or Dead-End Highway?
Around the turn of this century, hydrogen was big, especially in B.C. We were testing hydrogen…
Work Less, Live Better
During COVID-19 lockdown, people started working and viewing work differently. Many worked from home, and…
The Climate is Changing Rapidly, but the Oil Industry Isn’t
It’s easy to think we’re beyond denial over the climate crisis, now that even oil industry…
Are World Leaders Waking up to the Urgency of the Climate Crisis?
Considering the language G7 leaders used going into their mid-June summit in Cornwall, U.K., it’s…
Indigenous Land Back Movement Charts Better Way Forward
The Indigenous “Land Back” movement isn’t new, but it’s gaining increasing public attention and support. In this…
For Climate’s Sake, Save the Peat!
Burning coal, oil and gas is causing the world to heat at an unnaturally rapid…
Fossil Fuel Industry Faces an Overdue Reckoning
Oil giant ExxonMobil’s leaders have a long history of doing everything to keep the world from addressing…
Sun Rises on Renewable Energy and Storage
One long-held excuse for not getting off oil, gas and coal faster is that energy…
Energy Road Map Charts Challenging Course to Oil-Free Future
Thirty-three years ago, NASA scientist James Hansen told a U.S. congressional committee the agency was 99 per…
Does Fracked Methane Deserve a “Natural” Label?
On his first day in office, U.S. President Joe Biden announced plans to impose limits on…
Reconciliation Means Rethinking Parks Governance
Protection and restoration are two sides of the conservation coin — protection for spaces that…
From Desert to Dessert: No Mow May Gains Momentum
As May brings sunnier weather to Canada, many will mark the season by firing up…
Leading Thinkers Call for Fossil Fuel Halt
In 1970, to make the world safer from humanity’s worst self-destructive impulses, most nations joined…
Are We Too Hard on Newly Arrived Plants and Animals?
As human activity continues to heat the planet and destroy wildlife habitat, plants and animals…
It’s Time to Stop Logging Old-Growth Forests
Anyone who’s read the book I wrote with Wayne Grady, Tree: A Life Story, or Peter…
Protecting The Planet Can Prevent Pandemics
With COVID-19 vaccines becoming more available, we can breathe a small sigh of relief —…
Supreme Court Decision Puts Canada on Right Track for Carbon Pricing
It should be evident that a national government has the authority to set policy regarding…
Canadian Budget 2021 Must Help Create a Sustainable, Resilient, Equitable Future
Photo by Jules Marvin Eguilos on Unsplash We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reimagine our…
Healthy Food Systems for a Healthy Planet
We all have to eat. But the ways in which we grow, harvest, process, transport,…
Connecting to Nature is Medicine for us and Earth
The late urban visionary Jane Jacobs wrote, “Perhaps it will be the city that reawakens our…
Easy Way out for Wildlife Conservation isn’t What it Appears
H.L. Mencken once wrote that “there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat,…
Lessons in the Pandemic’s Shadow: Moving past hope to Action
As vaccines become available and we emerge from COVID-19’s shadow, we must hang onto insights…
Faulty Economic Thinking Makes Destroying Nature Profitable
Everything we need to survive — food, water, air, shelter — comes from nature, of…
Clearing the Air on Fossil Fuel Pollution
Rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions is critical to avoiding increasing climate change impacts. Doing so…
Finding Wisdom in Science and Indigenous Knowledge
I was once at the cutting edge of genetics research. The textbook I co-authored was the most…
Local Acts Can Build Global Impacts
There’s truth to the saying, “Think globally, act locally.” To resolve a planetary crisis like…
Alberta Inquiry Steps into a Past Era’s Dark Denial
That anyone today could deny the overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence for human-caused climate disruption is…
Net Zero offers Affordable Path to Climate Stability
Another year, another record. Even with a global seven per cent drop in fossil fuel…
U.S. crisis shows need to speak truth to power
As was demonstrated in the U.S. last week, many who are motivated by fear and…
Rediscovering our place in nature
The following is adapted from The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (Greystone Books), a book…
We have the power to create a brighter future
This is our last column for 2020. What a year it’s been! As if things…
It’s time for Canada to Address Environmental Racism
In Canada, we’re quick to favourably compare ourselves to our southern neighbours. COVID-19 caseloads may…
Rediscovering the Fundamentals of life
Throughout Canada and around the world, the second wave of COVID-19 is hitting hard. Over…
Friendships make life and climate better
Recently I’ve been thinking about what a low-carbon life might actually look like. We would…
Canada’s Plastics Ban should include Beverage Containers
What we refer to as “plastic” hasn’t been around for long. But its usefulness has…