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David Suzuki: Everything is illuminated

December has traditionally been a time for people in the Northern Hemisphere to celebrate light.

David Suzuki: Canada’s caribou crisis calls for collaboration

It isn’t every day that an international science summit brings together traditional Aboriginal knowledge and Western science. However, threats to a unique species call for a...

David Suzuki: Leaders rally to keep the tiger’s future burning bright

Chinese zodiac aside, this hasn’t been a good year for the tiger.

David Suzuki: Senate’s “kill bill” move a blow to Canadians and democracy

The way the vote was carried out is an insult to Canadians and democracy.

David Suzuki: We have much to learn from our elders

In today’s youth-obsessed world of rapid technological developments, we too often marginalize elders when their experience is most important.

David Suzuki: Drilling in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is not worth the risk

We saw what happened when the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Imagine a similar incident in an inland sea one-sixth the size of the Gulf of Mexico.

David Suzuki: Day of the Dead is a time to celebrate life and monarch butterflies

Every autumn, tens of millions of monarch butterflies take wing in southern Ontario, embarking on a miraculous 3,000-kilometre, two-month journey.

David Suzuki: Ozone agreement shows that progress is possible

The Montreal Protocol shows that progress is possible, but we must listen to reason rather than the claims of those who put profits before people.

David Suzuki: Making cities more livable may save the world

If we are to resolve some of the serious issues around pollution, climate change, human health, and energy consumption, we must look to cities for solutions.

David Suzuki: Tiny sardines offer great guilt-free value

As long as harvests are tightly controlled, eating species lower on the food chain takes much less of the world’s ecosystem energy and is therefore more sustainable.