The David Suzuki reader
Subtitle: a lifetime of ideas from a leading activist and thinker
By: David Suzuki ; foreword by Bill McKibben.
Publisher: Greystone Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Vancouver, BC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
First sentence: Foreword: This collection of essaysArticles is full of insights about the world. But read carefully, they are even more full of insights about the author, one of the continents most remarkable men, And most unlekely men.
Description: brings together a lifetime of scientific an philosophical thought of North America's leading environmentalist. Drawing from Suzuki's published and unpublished writings, this collection reveals the underlying themes that have informed his work for more than three decades (3 decades and still no change - right? Mike A. Trumpfheller)
Table of contents: title: Interconnections
pagenum: 1; title: Catching an Epiphany
pagenum: 3; title: What can I do
pagenum: 10; title: Arrival of an Alien; title: London in my Life; title: Galapagos; title: Human borders and Nature; title: There's a Lot to Learn; title: Elephants of the Sea; title: The Thrill of Seeing Ants for What They Are; title: The Case for Keeping Wild Tigers; title: How Little we know; title: The Power of Diversity; title: Owning up to Our Ignorance; title: A Walk in a Rain Forest; title: Megadams; title: Global Warming
pagenum: 60; title: Why We must Act on Global Warming
pagenum: 66; title: Ecological Footprint
pagenum: 70; title: A Boost for Biodiversity; title: Leanring from Nature; title: Near the End of Life
pagenum: 84; title: Learning to Slow Down
pagenum: 87; title: Economics and Politics
pagenum: 89; title: Science, Technology and Information
pagenum: 155; title: Science and Ethics
pagenum: 239; title: A Biocentric View
pagenum: 275; title: Leaders,Role Models, an success Stories
pagenum: 319