Because countries often have differing political and economic systems, agreements are needed to protect those invested in trade.
— David Suzuki
Our personal consumer choices have ecological, social, and spiritual consequences. It is time to re-examine some of our deeply held notions that underlie our lifestyles.
We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.
The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home.
Global trade has advantages. For starters, it allows those of us who live through winter to eat fresh produce year-round. And it provides economic benefits to farmers who grow that food.
It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.
We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options.
With the world's human population now at seven billion and growing, and the demand for technology and modern conveniences increasing, we can't control all our negative impacts. But we have to find better ways to live within the limits nature and its cycles impose.
The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.
In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting them over and over again.
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.
