Near the end of the film Don’t Look Up, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, astronomer Randall Mindy, turns to the people around him…
Author: David Suzuki
David Suzuki
David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.
The five-day workweek is an anachronistic relic of a time when conditions were far different than today. Back in 1930,…
The fossil fuel industry has employed many strategies over the years to keep money flowing. It’s covered up its own…
Over the decades that I and others have been warning about the consequences of burning coal, oil and gas, we’ve…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment shows the world is unnecessarily headed toward climate catastrophe, and all it would take…
When I was a boy, my father’s biggest threat was not physical punishment, but pulling me out of school. Like…
When bumper-to-bumper traffic chokes roads and SUVs fill urban parking lots, we can’t say we’re taking the climate crisis seriously.…
The longer we put off seriously addressing climate disruption’s causes, the more we’ll have to adapt to unavoidable consequences. Those…
When politicians and fossil-fuelled media seize on a few ill-chosen words I or other environmental advocates blurt out, while ignoring…
When people do things they shouldn’t, they often try to distract attention from their actions. Guardian writer George Monbiot notes that many corporations…
As light slowly returns to the Northern Hemisphere, we anticipate brighter days ahead. It’s a good time to consider the…
According to philosopher-historian Yuval Noah Harari, “Homo sapiens conquered this planet thanks above all to the unique human ability to create and…
The planet and its miraculous nature will go on with or without us. After all, extinction is an essential part…
Most of us believe wild animals such as tigers and wolves shouldn’t be kept in basements or backyards as pets…
Resolving the climate crisis isn’t just about shifting from one technology to another; it’s about shifting our ways of thinking…
What’s the best way to respond to a “code red”? Recent research is testing us on that. The Intergovernmental Panel…
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…
We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reimagine our communities, economy and our own lives to create a sustainable, resilient, equitable…
We all have to eat. But the ways in which we grow, harvest, process, transport, prepare and consume food are…