Like them or not, we need insects
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki An alarming scientific review has found human activity is driving insects to extinction. When the bottom of the food chain … Read more
David Suzuki: Science Matters
Destructive human behaviour at root of orca plight
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki News about orca mother Tahlequah carrying her dead newborn for 17 days through the Salish Sea this summer was heartbreaking, … Read more
Decisive climate solutions needed now
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki When our children and grandchildren and those of us still here in 20 years look back to this time, will … Read more
We must heed storm warnings
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki In 2012, North Carolina’s Coastal Resources Commission warned that sea levels there could rise by a metre over the next … Read more
Cool solutions for a hothouse planet
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki In the midst of worldwide record heat, devastating wildfires, droughts, refugee crises and torrential rains and flooding, some particular disturbing … Read more
Squeezing the carbon bubble
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki The carbon bubble will burst with or without government action, according to a new study. That will hurt people who … Read more
Climate change drives disease-spreading arthropods
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki According to an African proverb (and the Dalai Lama), “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try … Read more
Pipeline dispute shows shift is needed
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki On March 31, an underwater pipeline carrying oil to a refinery in Balikpapan, Indonesia, broke, spreading crude over 20,000 hectares … Read more
Renewable communities offer energy jobs and hope
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki Anishinaabe economist and writer Winona LaDuke identifies two types of economies, grounded in different ways of seeing. Speaking in Vancouver … Read more
Consumerism no longer serves us
SCIENCE MATTERS by David Suzuki My parents were born in Vancouver – Dad in 1909, Mom in 1911 – and married during the Great Depression. … Read more