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David Suzuki sends a message to Members of Parliament
October 23, 2007 - Vancouver, Canada - As Members of Parliament are about to vote on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Throne Speech - a mandate that includes a bold-faced reneging of its Kyoto targets - Dr. David Suzuki sends each MP a copy of the tenth anniversary edition of his seminal book, The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (Greystone Books: A division of Douglas & McIntyre • 978-1-55365-166-6 • $22.95 pb).
"I hope these government leaders will find time in their busy schedules to read it and mull over its contents,"; says Suzuki. "MPs are responsible for making important decisions that affect not just Canada but the fate of the world itself. Even as the environment has re-emerged as an issue of great concern, I'm worried that they will continue to ignore the root causes of our destruction of the planet and won't implement the kinds of solutions that can put Canada on the path to a sustainable future.";
In the 10 years since The Sacred Balance was first published, the evidence that climate change has kicked in is overwhelming and Suzuki has revised his bestselling book to show how an increased concentration of greenhouse gases resulting from human activity is now today's most pressing environmental issue. The extensively updated new edition of The Sacred Balance represents an important and much-needed re-examination of our place in the natural world in light of the environmental changes of the last decade.
"We can't go on skirmishing over the planet and fragmenting it bit by bit,"; writes Suzuki in the introduction to the new edition of The Sacred Balance. "The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.";
October 23, 2007 - Vancouver, Canada - As Members of Parliament are about to vote on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Throne Speech - a mandate that includes a bold-faced reneging of its Kyoto targets - Dr. David Suzuki sends each MP a copy of the tenth anniversary edition of his seminal book, The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature (Greystone Books: A division of Douglas & McIntyre • 978-1-55365-166-6 • $22.95 pb).
"I hope these government leaders will find time in their busy schedules to read it and mull over its contents,"; says Suzuki. "MPs are responsible for making important decisions that affect not just Canada but the fate of the world itself. Even as the environment has re-emerged as an issue of great concern, I'm worried that they will continue to ignore the root causes of our destruction of the planet and won't implement the kinds of solutions that can put Canada on the path to a sustainable future.";
In the 10 years since The Sacred Balance was first published, the evidence that climate change has kicked in is overwhelming and Suzuki has revised his bestselling book to show how an increased concentration of greenhouse gases resulting from human activity is now today's most pressing environmental issue. The extensively updated new edition of The Sacred Balance represents an important and much-needed re-examination of our place in the natural world in light of the environmental changes of the last decade.
"We can't go on skirmishing over the planet and fragmenting it bit by bit,"; writes Suzuki in the introduction to the new edition of The Sacred Balance. "The environment is so fundamental to our continued existence that it must transcend politics and become a central value of all members of society.";
Submitted on October 24, 2007 in By David.
