Suzuki Elders archives

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  • Photo: Is there a cancer threat from the oil sands industry?

    Is there a cancer threat from the oil sands industry?

    April 19, 2011

    Those of us who watched "Tipping Point: The Age of the Oil Sands" on The Nature of Things at the end of January i are legitimately concerned by this question.... More »

  • Photo: Let's elect a future for our grandkids

    Let's elect a future for our grandkids

    April 5, 2011

    Two benchmarks of a sustainable future for our grandchildren are careful management of Canada's natural environment and its resources, and promotion of a low-carbon economy. Let's use the forthcoming federal... More »

  • Photo: An elder's guide to climate scepticism

    An elder's guide to climate scepticism

    February 14, 2011

    The other elders may drive me from the village with brooms and pitchforks when they read my confession. But the truth must out. I am, alas, a skeptic. I am... More »

  • Photo: A right royal Elder

    A right royal Elder

    December 14, 2010

    One word that is notably absent from my tattered CV is monarchist. It probably started out as pure jealousy in my, um, more youthful days when I was subjected to... More »

  • Photo: Change management

    Change management

    November 23, 2010

    By Stan Hirst If there is one thing that Elders might be better at than other folks, it is awareness of change. For one thing, we have a longer time... More »

  • Photo: Stop the Tar Sands! How exactly?

    Stop the Tar Sands! How exactly?

    August 27, 2010

    "Stop the tar sands!" says my fellow Elder. Then he thumps the table. "We should make that the key objective of the Suzuki Elders." It's easy to see why thinking... More »

  • Photo: The big picture

    The big picture

    August 24, 2010

    What do B.C. and Moscow have in common? Fire. But there's more to consider. I know. "Here comes another rant." Well not exactly. I hope that we all can maintain... More »

  • Photo: Happiness comes at a price

    Happiness comes at a price

    July 26, 2010

    I discovered a set of data that says Canadians are a happy lot. A 2006 world-wide poll by the prestigious Gallup organization puts Canada joint 3rd in the world in... More »

  • Photo: Elders in search of a cause

    Elders in search of a cause

    June 11, 2010

    Come by, if you will, any third Thursday of the month to the airy and spacious offices of the David Suzuki Foundation on West 4th in Vancouver. There you will... More »

  • Photo: Salmon farming: the real dispute

    Salmon farming: the real dispute

    May 19, 2010

    The Get Out Migration march in April and May of 2010 in which thousands of people walked from points between Echo Bay in the Broughton Archipelago to the steps of... More »

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