February 8, 2007
TORONTO- Join two of Canada's leading thinkers, Dr. David Suzuki and Stephen Lewis, in an intimate conversation on the links between the environment, health and Canadian values on Monday, February 12, at Toronto's Winter Garden Theatre.
Dr. Suzuki and Mr. Lewis will exchange views on how Canada's global footprint affects the health of the world's poor, who are the most vulnerable to environmental change. And they'll listen to suggestions about what Canadians can do to improve our environmental performance.
"What we do to the environment in Canada has consequences that go far beyond our borders," said Mr. Lewis, former UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. "We have a moral obligation to reduce our footprint -- not just for our own health and our children's, but for those living in the world's poorest countries."
The conversation, facilitated by journalist Eleanor Wachtel (host of CBC Radio's Writers & Company and The Arts Tonight), is part of Dr. Suzuki's "If YOU were Prime Minister..." national tour. Dr. Suzuki is visiting dozens of communities, urging voters to keep the environment at the top of the political agenda.
"Global climate change has put a sharp point on the reality that what we do to the environment, we do to ourselves," said Dr. Suzuki. "I'm excited at the prospect of talking with Stephen Lewis and our fellow Canadians about how each of us can be a force for positive change."
The event is being hosted by the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
DATE: Monday, February 12, 2007
TIME: 7:30 pm
VENUE: Winter Garden Theatre - 189 Yonge Street
TICKETS: $20 ($15 students)
416-872-5555 ticketmaster.ca/Winter Garden Theatre Box Office- 189 Yonge Street - 11 to 5 pm (Mon. to Sat)
"We're delighted to be hosting these two wonderful gentlemen", said CAPE Executive Director Gideon Forman. "As a doctors' organization we see human health and environmental health as inextricably linked. And that's very much the way Dr. Suzuki and Mr. Lewis view things."
The David Suzuki Foundation is committed to reducing and offsetting its greenhouse gas emissions by going Carbon Neutral. All the major emissions associated with this tour, as well as from day-to-day Foundation operations, are offset by investments in sustainable energy projects like wind farms, solar installations or energy efficiency projects.
An itinerary of all tour stops is available online at: www.davidsuzuki.org
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For more information, please contact:
Jason Curran, Communications Specialist
David Suzuki Foundation
Mobile: 604-961-9591
E-mail:
jcurran@davidsuzuki.org
