biodiversity

Blog

Apr 10, 2018

Reports emphasize urgent need to reverse biodiversity decline

David Suzuki

As with climate change, we have ample evidence that we're facing a biodiversity crisis, we know what's causing it and we have numerous solutions. It's time to act.

Podcast

Jun 15, 2017

The World is Not a Machine: Redefining Power Structures

Needs No Introduction

A talk by eco-feminist, scholar and author about undoing the power structures which are destroying our world. From the 5th Annual Tommy Douglas Institute on May 31, 2017.

Blog

Apr 12, 2017

Citizen science and genetic testing yield positive results

David Suzuki

Combining crowd-sourced scientific data, public policy reform and consumer activism could work in areas such as testing for antibiotics, pesticide and mercury residues and more.

Podcast

Oct 17, 2015

Rising meat consumption disaster for environment

Redeye

People worldwide are eating more and more meat, leading to a loss of biodiversity, an increase in greenhouse gases and and land grabs in the global south. Brian Machovina says it's time to cut down.

Blog

Aug 25, 2015

A healthy environment nurtures healthy people

David Suzuki

Science is giving us a better understanding of the many ways preserving, caring for and restoring natural spaces can improve the lives of humans and other beings.

Event

Walk or Run for Biodiversity: Fundraiser for Farmers in Ethiopia

May 23, 2015 to May 24, 2015

Near Ottawa City Hall

110 Laurier Avenue West

Ottawa , ON

Canada

45° 25' 16.5792" N, 75° 41' 23.9244" W

See map: Google Maps

Ontario CA

For the 7th year running USC Canada's Run for Biodiversity team will be going the distance as part of the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend.

Blog

Oct 31, 2014

The rape of Mother Earth: Reverberations of violence

Christopher Majka

If violent notions that debase the earth and fabric of life lie at the heart of our political and economic paradigm, can it be a surprise that such patterns of behaviour manifest themselves in people?

Blog

Oct 7, 2014

Let's slow down, for the sake of ourselves and our planet

David Suzuki

Like nature, social movements take time to evolve and unfold. We don't always see their impacts as they happen. If we expect a dazzling blur of activity and immediate results, we’ll be disappointed.

Blog

Jul 1, 2014

It's time to save the bees and ban neonic pesticides

David Suzuki

A comprehensive new study offers conclusive proof that neonicotinoid insecticides are killing pollinators, which will affect us all. So why are they still being approved?

Columnists

Feb 28, 2014

Driving extinction: The case against biofuel subsidies

Ole Hendrickson

With a growing shortage of partly decayed Carboniferous dinosaurs and tree ferns, we are now devoting ever-increasing percentages of our current landscapes to automobile fuel production.

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